Cavafy

American  

[kah-vah-fee] / kɑˈvɑ fi /

noun

1. Constantine Konstantinos Kavafis, 1863–1933, Greek poet in Egypt.

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Cavafy British  

/ kəˈvɑːfɪ /

noun

1. Constantine. Greek name Kavafis. 1863–1933, Greek poet of Alexandria in Egypt

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Example Sentences

Back when I was in school my father talked me into reading a much less explosive Cavafy poem, “Ithaka,” one of his most famous.

From New York Times • May 4, 2023

This collection of fond poems celebrating books, curated by the retired dean of libraries at Drew University, includes work from Horace, Dante, Shakespeare, Borges, Cavafy, Angelou, Walcott and others.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2021

It is part of a series: Illustrations for Fourteen Poems from CP Cavafy.

From The Guardian • Jul. 12, 2019

After a moment, I said, “Then you do agree with Tennyson and Cavafy: to arrive at the destination means it’s all over, it’s a . . . an end.”

From The New Yorker • Apr. 17, 2017

The late Dr Cavafy of St George’s Hospital urged me to learn something of Histology, and sent me to Dr Klein, whose pupil I had the good fortune to become at the Brown Institute. 

From Springtime and Other Essays by Darwin, Francis, Sir