Propertian

English Etymology From en la:Propertius an.adj Adjective Of, resembling, or characteristic of the Latin elegiac poet Sextus Propertius (c. 50–45 BC – c. 15 BC). en Art[icle] IV.—1. An Inquiry concerning the Origin of Christianity. By Charles C. Hennell.Second Edition. London: T. Allman. 1841. […] The Christian Remembrancer. A Quarterly Review. XI LII London James Burns,17, Portman Street, Portman Square April 1846 368 https://archive.org/details/nschristianremem11londuoft/page/368/mode/1up The Propertian age must be revived in New Jersey: and whatever slights transatlantic literature may receive from the malice and prejudice of Europe, such will be dispelled by the approving criticism of the lady graduates of St. Mary’s Hall. en w:Robert Yelverton Tyrrell Atakta Hermathena, a Series of Papers on Literature, Science, and Philosophy, by Members of Trinity College, Dublin II Dublin Edward Ponsonby,116, Grafton-Street. London: Longmans, Green, & Co.,Paternoster-Row. 1876 122 https://archive.org/details/hermathena01irelgoog/page/122/mode/1up Fluctus nimium audent pati fluctus nimium audent (ausi) pati is very Propertian (cf., for instance, iv. 19, 23), as also, is the absolute use of the ablative in remis Latinis. en J[ohn] P[atrick] Sullivan Ezra Pound and Sextus Propertius: A Study in Creative Translation Austin, Tex. w:University of Texas Press 1964 57 https://archive.org/details/trent_0116301752717/page/57/mode/1up 64-22386 It is as though at this time Pound felt a lack of interest in the central subject of Propertian poetry (the Cantos make it clear it is not from any inability to deal with such themes that this is so). References en eponyms