Tibullus

[ ti-buhl-uhs ]

noun

1. Al·bi·us [al, -bee-, uh, s], c54–c19 b.c., Roman poet.

Tibullus

/ tɪˈbʌləs /

noun

1. TibullusAlbius?54 bc?19 bcMRomanWRITING: poet Albius (ˈælbɪəs). ?54–?19 bc , Roman elegiac poet

Example Sentences

You may suppose that the owner called his slave after the poet Tibullus; I don’t know.

From The New Yorker

So we have Tibullus the freedman of Venustus.

From The New Yorker

Then a formula—‘scripsi et dico me’—so the man’s name is Tibullus, his status is the freedman of Venustus, and he’s saying, ‘I write and I say.’

From The New Yorker

“Here’s the word ‘Tibullus’—he’s the only Tibullus I can find.

From The New Yorker

"I, Tibullus, the freedman of Venustus have written and say that I owe Gratus, the freedman of Spurius, 105 denarii from the price of merchandise which has been sold and delivered…"

From National Geographic