Ennius

American  

[en-ee-uhs] / ˈɛn i əs /

noun

1. Quintus 239–169? b.c., Roman poet.

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Ennius British  

/ ˈɛnɪəs /

noun

1. Quintus (ˈkwɪntəs). 239–169 _bc , Roman epic poet and dramatist

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Example Sentences

Of the share which Ennius had in the war we know only that he served in Sardinia with the rank of centurion.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.

The old Roman party, in opposition to whom Ennius and his friends are supposed to have introduced the new taste and suppressed the old, never showed any zeal in favour of poetry of any kind.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.

It is said of the rhetorician Aelian that he excessively admired in Ennius both 'the greatness of his mind and the grandeur of his metre49.'

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.

The poetic successor of Ennius was his nephew, Pacuvius.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.

The tone in which Ennius writes of such professions reminds us of Milton's grim contempt for Eremites and friars White, black, and grey, with all their trumpery.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.