Meaning of Propertian | Babel Free

Definitions

Of, resembling, or characteristic of the Latin elegiac poet Sextus Propertius (c. 50–45 BC – c. 15 BC).

Examples

“The Propertian age must be revived in New Jersey: and whatever slights transatlantic literature may receive⟳ from the malice and prejudice of Europe, such will be dispelled by the approving criticism of the lady graduates of St. Mary’s Hall.”

“Fluctus nimium audent pati = fluctus nimium audent (ausi) pati is very Propertian (cf., for instance, iv. 19, 23), as also, is the absolute use⟳ of the ablative in remis Latinis.”

“It is as though at this time Pound felt a lack of interest⟳ in the central subject of Propertian poetry (the Cantos make⟳ it clear it is not from any inability to deal⟳ with such themes that this is so).”

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