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Petronius
[ pi-troh-nee-uhs ]
noun
- Ga·ius [gey, -, uh, s], Gaius Petronius ArbiterArbiter Elegantiae, died a.d. 66?, Roman satirist.
Petronius
/ pɪˈtrəʊnɪəs /
noun
- PetroniusGaius66MRomanWRITING: satirist Gaius (ˈɡaɪəs), known as Petronius Arbiter. died 66 ad , Roman satirist, supposed author of the Satyricon, a picaresque account of the licentiousness of contemporary society
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Vuillard places himself in a long tradition of satirical writing stretching as far back as Petronius’s “Satyricon.”
From New York Times
For more than a decade, Pirlo served as elite European soccer’s version of Petronius, the sport’s appointed arbiter of good taste.
From New York Times
The company has begun evacuating all staff from its Blind Faith and Petronius platforms and initiated shut-in procedures, a spokeswoman said in a statement.
From Reuters
A movie with Fellini’s signature surrealism and episodic structure: a fever dream of imperial Rome, taken from Petronius.
From The Guardian
I would like to give Petronius another chance.
From New York Times
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