Agrippa

[ uh-grip-uh ]

noun

1. Marcus Vip·sa·ni·us [vip-, sey, -nee-, uh, s], 63–12 b.c., Roman statesman, general, and engineer: defeated Antony and Cleopatra at Actium.

Agrippa

/ əˈɡrɪpə /

noun

1. AgrippaMarcus Vipsanius63 bc12 bcMRomanMILITARY: generalPOLITICS: statesman Marcus Vipsanius (ˈmɑːkəs vɪpˈseɪnɪəs). 63–12 bc , Roman general: chief adviser and later son-in-law of Augustus

Example Sentences

Footage from the scene just moments after the incident shows a dark-coloured Chevrolet hatchback, its front crumpled and windscreen cracked, at a standstill on a zebra crossing between Kiah Street and Agrippas Street.

From BBC

Marcus Agrippa, a ninth-grader at Brooklyn Friends School who uses they/them pronouns, said they had learned about the plight of refugees in class.

From Washington Post

Did we really need to resolve Agrippa’s tale if we could just live out another?

From The Verge

My father looked carelessly at the title page of my book and said, “Ah! Cornelius Agrippa! My dear Victor, do not waste your time upon this; it is sad trash.”

From Literature

Its original manifestation was devised in the year 25 B.C. by Marcus Agrippa – the right-hand man of Rome's first emperor, Augustus – as a temple for emperor worship.

From Salon