Plutarch

English Etymology en ine-pro *plew- Via en la Plūtarchus from en grc Πλούτᾰρχος. Pronunciation en /ˈpluː.tɑːk/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Plutarch.wav Southern England en /ˈplu.tɑɹk/ GA en Plu tarch Proper noun The classical historian and essayist Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (46-120 ). Often used as a byword for a biographer, to suggest that the writer is especially skilled or has other attributes associated with Plutarch. en 1878 John G. Morris Fifty Years in the Lutheran Ministry http://www.archive.org/details/fiftyyearsinluth00morr 22880165M 11 I am indebted to the liberality of some of my clerical brethren, and tothose masterly pen and ink portraits of many of our deceased ministers drawn by the lamented Professor Stoever, in the Evangelical Review, whom I designated some years ago as the Plutarch of the Lutheran Church of America. en 1895 Elbert Hubbard Gladstone http://www.archive.org/details/gladstone00hubbrich 1113581W 100 Some day a Plutarch, without a Plutarch's prejudice will arise, and with malice toward none but charity for all, he will write the life of the statesman, Gladstone. en 1903 Samuel McChord Crothers The Gentle Reader http://www.archive.org/details/gentlereadercrot00crotrich 7038563M 03025285 132 I must in candor admit that the Plutarch of piracy is sometimes more edifying than entertaining. Derived terms en Plutarchan Plutarchean Plutarchian Plutarchic Translations Greek historian Armenian: hy Պլուտարքոս Bulgarian: bg Плутарх m Catalan: ca Plutarc m Czech: cs Plútarchos m Dutch: nl Plutarchus Esperanto: eo Plutarko Estonian: et Plutarchos Finnish: fi Plutarkhos French: fr Plutarque Georgian: ka პლუტარქე, ka პლუტარქუსი German: de Plutarch Greek: el Πλούταρχος m Hebrew: he פלוטארכוס Plutarkhus Hungarian: hu Plutarkhosz Icelandic: is Plútarkos m Italian: it Plutarco Japanese: ja プルタルコス Purutarukusu Korean: ko 플루타르크 Latin: la Plutarchus Occitan: oc Plutarc m Persian: fa پلوتارک plutârk, fa افلوطرخس eflutarxos Polish: pl Plutarch Portuguese: pt Plutarco Romanian: ro Plutarh m Russian: ru Плута́рх m Spanish: es Plutarco Swedish: sv Plutarchos Ukrainian: uk Плутарх Noun s Any specific edition of a work by Plutarch, often specifically Plutarch's Lives en 1895 O.A. Bierstadt The Library of Robert Hoe http://www.archive.org/details/libraryofroberth00hoer 164 Both these English Plutarchs are here, two folios printed at London in 1657, and they once belonged to William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, and have his book-plates. Further reading en Individuals