Horace

[ hawr-is, hor- ]

noun

1. Quintus Horatius Flaccus, 65–8 b.c., Roman poet and satirist.
2. a male given name.

Horace

/ ˈhɒrɪs /

noun

1. Horace65 bc8 bcMRomanWRITING: poetWRITING: satirist Latin name Quintus Horatius Flaccus. 65–8 bc , Roman poet and satirist: his verse includes the lyrics in the Epodes and the Odes, the Epistles and Satires, and the Ars Poetica

Horace

1. An ancient Roman poet, known for his odes . Horace insisted that poetry should offer both pleasure and instruction.

Example Sentences

The title “Pressure” suggests the force with which this first feature by the Trinidadian British director Horace Ové struck the conscience of a country.

From New York Times

Art shouldn’t be devoid of nutritional value, but delight should accompany enlightenment for maximum effect, as Horace long ago instructed.

From Los Angeles Times

Horace Bell found that Confederate-sympathizing friends still turned their backs on him, and one of them told him, “The idea of a Los Angeles man of your stamp fighting on the side of the Blacks!”

From Los Angeles Times

Historian and family member Rodney Horace Yale who wrote a biography of Elihu Yale in the 19th Century says his "donation made the precarious existence of Yale college a blessed certainty".

From BBC

When the market was first built, architect Sir Horace Jones created it around the train tracks so that produce could be brought directly into the store.

From BBC