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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