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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Maecēnās (“literary patron”), from the name of Gaius Maecenas, Roman statesman and patron of Horace and Virgil.
Pronunciation
Noun
Mäzen m (strong, genitive Mäzens, plural Mäzene, feminine Mäzenin or Mäzenatin)
- Maecenas, patron, sponsor
- Synonyms: Förderer, Gönner, Impresario, Sponsor, Patron
1795, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “XXXIV b)”, in Venetianische Epigramme:Niemals frug ein Kaiser nach mir, es hat sich kein König / Um mich bekümmert, und Er war mir August und Mäzen- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Further reading
- “Mäzen” in Duden online
- “Mäzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache