Maecenas

English Alternative forms en Mæcenas archaic Etymology en frm mecenas, and its source, en la Maecēnās literary patron, from the name of Gaius Maecenas (c. 70–8 ), Roman statesman and patron of Horace and Virgil. Pronunciation en /mʌɪˈsiː.nəs/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Maecenas.wav Southern England en iːnəs 3 en Mae ce nas Noun en Q15472169 A generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art. 1st Loue of men, which varies as his obiects, profitable, pleaant, honet. 3 2 2 1 507 https://archive.org/details/anatomyofmelanch00burt_2/page/507/mode/1up thou art his deare and louing friend, good and gracious Lord and mater, Mecenas, 1751 IV CIII 126 After having enjoyed a very hort private audience in the cloet, our young gentleman was hewn into another room, where half a dozen of his fellow-adherents waited for their Mæcenas, who in a few minutes appeared, with a mot gracious apect, received the compliments of the morning, and at down to breakfat, in the midt of them, without any further ceremony. en 2002 Jones Colin Colin Jones (historian) The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon https://archive.org/details/greatnationfranc0000jone 329 https://archive.org/details/greatnationfranc0000jone/page/329/mode/1up w:Penguin Books 2003 The governmentwas the French economy’s biggest client for manufactured goods: itmaintained one of the largest armies in Europe; it developed what became, by the 1780s, a navy as big as the British; and it played the role of cultural Maecenas. en Katherine Knorr For November, Paris Is the City of Lenses The International Herald Tribune 2010-11-05 https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/06/arts/06iht-scparis.html 0362-4331 The contemporary art space created within the Palais de Tokyo (also home to the Paris Museum of Modern Art) is a pretty sad example of government as Maecenas. https://web.archive.org/web/20250923102442/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/06/arts/06iht-scparis.html 23 September 2025 Derived terms en Maecenasship Maecenatism Translations a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art Q15472169 Bulgarian: bg мецена́т m Catalan: ca mecenes mfbysense, ca mecenas m f Dutch: nl mecenas m Esperanto: eo mecenato Finnish: fi mesenaatti French: fr mécène mfbysense Georgian: ka მეცენატი German: de Mäzen m, de Mäzenin f Hungarian: hu mecénás, hu műbarát, hu művészetpártoló Ido: io Interlingua: ia Italian: it mecenate mecenàte mfbysense Polish: pl mecenas m-pr Portuguese: pt mecenas mfbysense Russian: ru мецена́т m Sicilian: scn micinati mfbysense Spanish: es mecenas mfbysense Vietnamese: vi Mạnh Thường quân Volapük: vo Further reading Anagrams en aaceemns Macanese en eponyms Latin la: Etymology la Roman cognomen :der ett:- Ultimately from la ett -. Pronunciation Maecēnās la Mae cē nās Proper noun Maecēnās<3.both.M> la Q50824548 a Roman en cognomen famously held by: la Q8833 Gaius Cilnius Maecenas, a Roman patron la Q15472169 la by extension en Maecenas any person who is a generous benefactor, particularly of the arts Declension Maecēnās<3.both.M> Descendants nl mecenas 1 fr mécène 1 de Mäzen 1 es mecenas 1 la cognomina