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English
Etymology
From Propertius + -an.[1]
Adjective
Propertian (comparative more Propertian, superlative most Propertian)
- Of, resembling, or characteristic of the Latin elegiac poet Sextus Propertius (c. 50–45 BC – c. 15 BC).
1846 April, “Art IV.—1. An Inquiry concerning the Origin of Christianity. By Charles C. Hennell. ”, in The Christian Remembrancer. A Quarterly Review., volume XI, number LII, London: James Burns, , page 368: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.
1876, Robert Yelverton Tyrrell, “Atakta”, in Hermathena, a Series of Papers on Literature, Science, and Philosophy, by Members of Trinity College, Dublin, volume II, Dublin: Edward Ponsonby, . London: Longmans, Green, & Co., , page 122: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.
1964, J P Sullivan, Ezra Pound and Sextus Propertius: A Study in Creative Translation, Austin, Tex.: University of Texas Press, →LCCN, page 57: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).
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