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Horatian
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English
Etymology
From en Horace ian.
Pronunciation
en /həˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Horatian.wav Southern England
Adjective
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en literature poetry Of or pertaining to the Roman poet Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus; 65–8 ) or to his works or style.
en Juvenalian Menippean
en Horatian satire playfully criticizes some social vice through gentle, mild, and light-hearted humour.
en 1894 May E. H. Lewis The Influence of Horace in English Literature The Quarterly Calendar, Vol. III, No. 1 w:University of Chicago Press https://books.google.com.au/books?id=B23OAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA97&dq=%22more%7Cmost+horatian%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi26Ke-p9_7AhW9zTgGHZxVDoYQ6AF6BAhZEAI#v=onepage&q=%22more%7Cmost%20horatian%22&f=false 97 Jonson was the most Horatian of the Elizabethans, both by nature and by study.
The Lesson for Today 406 Like Horace in the true Horatian vein, / Yet like a Christian discipled to bend / His mind to thinking always of the end.
en 1963 C. O. Brink Horace on Poetry, Volume 1: Prolegomena to the Literary Epistles https://books.google.com.au/books?id=gUf8ZzhlCuAC&pg=PA135&dq=%22more%7Cmost+horatian%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi26Ke-p9_7AhW9zTgGHZxVDoYQ6AF6BAhiEAI#v=onepage&q=%22more%7Cmost%20horatian%22&f=false 135 w:Cambridge University Press Again nothing could be more Horatian than the high spirits of the introduction of the poem.
en 2022 Jennifer Ferriss-Hill Roman Satire https://books.google.com.au/books?id=qZx1EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA80&dq=%22more%7Cmost+horatian%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi26Ke-p9_7AhW9zTgGHZxVDoYQ6AF6BAhREAI#v=onepage&q=%22more%7Cmost%20horatian%22&f=false 80 BRILL While these writers would have been familiar with both,[the Horatian and Juvenalian styles of satire] some were naturally "attracted to the abrasiveness of Juvenal rather than the suavity of Horace" while others found they were able to express whatever they wanted to express in more Horatian tones.
Translations
of or pertaining to the Roman poet Horace or to his works or style
Hungarian: hu horatiusi
Irish: ga Horáiteach
Italian: it oraziano
Spanish: es horaciano
Swedish: sv horatiansk
Further reading
Horace
Satire#Horatian, Juvenalian, Menippean Satire § Classification § Horatian, Juvenalian, Menippean
Ode
Odes (Horace) Odes (Horace)
en eponyms