Ovid

[ ov-id ]

noun

1. Publius Ovidius Naso, 43 b.c.–a.d. 17?, Roman poet.

Ovid

/ ˈɒvɪd; ɒˈvɪdɪən /

noun

1. Ovid43 bc?17 adMRomanWRITING: poet Latin name Publius Ovidius Naso. 43 bc –?17 ad , Roman poet. His verse includes poems on love, Ars Amatoria, on myths, Metamorphoses, and on his sufferings in exile, Tristia

Ovid

1. An ancient Roman poet; author of the Metamorphosesand The Art of Love .

Derived Forms

• Ovidian, adjective

Other Words From

• O·vid·i·an [oh-, vid, -ee-, uh, n], adjective

Example Sentences

Scattered references in Greek and Roman works by Hesiod, Apollodorus and Ovid described her death at the hands of the hero Perseus, but also hinted at a fuller life.

From New York Times

Cesar quotes “Hamlet,” as well as Emerson, Marcus Aurelius and Ovid.

From Seattle Times

The painting in question, entitled Diana and Actaeon, dates from the Renaissance era and portrays a mythical scene from the Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses.

From BBC

In one essay, Lahiri draws apt parallels between the translator’s seemingly subservient and often undervalued art, and the myth of Echo and Narcissus from Ovid’s “Metamorphoses.”

From Seattle Times

There are epigraphs from Ovid, Herman Melville and Shakespeare; when one from Cormac McCarthy's The Road appears at the top of another chapter, it feels almost inevitable.

From Scientific American