Propertianadj.

Brit.

/prɒˈpəːʃn/, U.S.

/prɑˈpərʃ(ə)n/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Propertius , -an suffix.

Etymology: < the name of Sextus Aurelius Propertius, Latin elegiac poet of the first century b.c. + -an suffix.

Of, resembling, or characteristic of Propertius or his poetry.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by kind of poem > [adjective] > specific poets > other Latin

Terentian1600

Ovidian1602

Plautine1768

Juvenalian1839

Propertian1862

1862 J. Mitford in Poet. Wks. Thomas Gray 219 Great judgment is evinced in the imitation of this sonnet in elegiac Propertian verse.

1871 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 217 Goethe, who was classic..in his ‘Hermann and Dorothea’, and at least Propertian in his ‘Roman Idyls’, wasted his time..on the mechanical mock-antique of an unreadable ‘Achilleis’.

1899 Harvard Stud. Classical Philol. 10 48 Another Propertian passage describes Cydonian apples as a love-gift.

1918 E. Pound Let. 22 Nov. in Lett. J. Joyce (1966) II. 424 I hope my Propertian ravings will amuse you.

1930 W. S. Maugham Cakes & Ale xiv. 161 Love lyrics and elegies in the Propertian manner.

1974 Classical Q. New Ser. 24 96 The verb of the first clause is rendered in English by the pluperfect. The Propertian passage displays a structural similarity.

2000 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 120 70 The first song is less likely to be a love song dotted with mythological motifs in the Propertian mode, and more likely a song in some sense directed at Apollo and Artemis.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	propertian
释义	Propertianadj. Brit. /prɒˈpəːʃn/, U.S. /prɑˈpərʃ(ə)n/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Propertius , -an suffix. Etymology: < the name of Sextus Aurelius Propertius, Latin elegiac poet of the first century b.c. + -an suffix. Of, resembling, or characteristic of Propertius or his poetry. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by kind of poem > [adjective] > specific poets > other Latin Terentian1600 Ovidian1602 Plautine1768 Juvenalian1839 Propertian1862 1862 J. Mitford in Poet. Wks. Thomas Gray 219 Great judgment is evinced in the imitation of this sonnet in elegiac Propertian verse. 1871 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 217 Goethe, who was classic..in his ‘Hermann and Dorothea’, and at least Propertian in his ‘Roman Idyls’, wasted his time..on the mechanical mock-antique of an unreadable ‘Achilleis’. 1899 Harvard Stud. Classical Philol. 10 48 Another Propertian passage describes Cydonian apples as a love-gift. 1918 E. Pound Let. 22 Nov. in Lett. J. Joyce (1966) II. 424 I hope my Propertian ravings will amuse you. 1930 W. S. Maugham Cakes & Ale xiv. 161 Love lyrics and elegies in the Propertian manner. 1974 Classical Q. New Ser. 24 96 The verb of the first clause is rendered in English by the pluperfect. The Propertian passage displays a structural similarity. 2000 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 120 70 The first song is less likely to be a love song dotted with mythological motifs in the Propertian mode, and more likely a song in some sense directed at Apollo and Artemis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1862
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