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Plautus


Plau·tus

P0363400 (plô′təs), Titus Maccius 254?-184 bc. Roman comic playwright whose works influenced Shakespeare and Molière.

Plautus

(ˈplɔːtəs) n (Biography) Titus Maccius (ˈtaɪtəs ˈmæksɪəs). ?254–?184 bc, Roman comic dramatist. His 21 extant works, adapted from Greek plays, esp those by Menander, include Menaechmi (the basis of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors), Miles Gloriosus, Rudens, and Captivi

Plau•tus

(ˈplɔ təs)

n. Titus Maccius, c254–c184 B.C., Roman playwright.
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Noun1.Plautus - comic dramatist of ancient Rome (253?-184 BC)Titus Maccius Plautus
2.Plautus - a genus of Alcidaegenus Plautusbird genus - a genus of birdsAlcidae, family Alcidae - web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.dovekie, little auk, Plautus alle - small short-billed auk abundant in Arctic regions
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Plautus


Plautus

(Titus Maccius Plautus) (plô`təs), c.254–184 B.C., Roman writer of comedies, b. Umbria. His plays, adapted from those of Greek New Comedy, are popular and vigorous representations of middle-class and lower-class life. Written with a mastery of idiomatic spoken Latin and governed by a genius for situation and coarse humor, Plautus' comedies achieved a great reputation. Characteristic of his plays are the stock comic figures—the knavish, resourceful slave, the young lover and his mistress, the courtesan, the parasite, and the braggart soldier. His plots and characters have had great influence upon later literature, with adaptations and imitations by many writers, e.g., Molière, Corneille, Jonson, and Shakespeare. The chronological order for Plautus' plays is unknown; 21, more or less complete, survive: Amphitruo (Amphitryon), Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi, Casina, Cistellaria, Curculio, Epidicus, Menaechmi, Mercator, Miles gloriosus, Mostellaria, Persa, Poenulus, Pseudolus, Rudens, Stichus, Trinummus, Truculentus, and Vidularia (in fragments).

Bibliography

See G. E. Duckworth, The Complete Roman Drama (1942) and other translations by P. Nixon (5 vol., rev. 1952–62) and J. Tatum (1983); study by E. Segal (1968).

Plautus

Titus Maccius . ?254--?184 bc, Roman comic dramatist. His 21 extant works, adapted from Greek plays, esp those by Menander, include Menaechmi (the basis of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors), Miles Gloriosus, Rudens, and Captivi

Plautus


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noun comic dramatist of ancient Rome (253?-184 BC)

Synonyms

  • Titus Maccius Plautus

noun a genus of Alcidae

Synonyms

  • genus Plautus

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  • bird genus
  • Alcidae
  • family Alcidae
  • dovekie
  • little auk
  • Plautus alle
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