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Marcus Valerius Martialis (known in English as Martial / ˈ m ɑːr ʃ əl /; March, between 38 and 41 AD – between 102 and 104 AD) was a Roman and Celtiberian [1] poet born in Hispania (modern Spain) best known for his twelve books of Epigrams, published in Rome between AD 86 and 103, during the reigns of the emperors Domitian, Nerva and Trajan.
Owen became distinguished for his perfect mastery of the Latin language, and for the humour, felicity and point of his epigrams. [2] His Latin epigrams, which have both sense and wit in a high degree, gained him much applause, and were translated into English, French, German, and Spanish.
The verse was not mentioned as a nursery rhyme until late in the 19th century and did not appear in collections of such material. In 1802 it was quoted in an English parliamentary debate (with reference to Martial's epigram) as "the English parody". [4] The 1809 British Encyclopedia mentions its earlier appearance in a novel by Samuel ...
Oxford Latin Dictionary Author P. G. W. Glare Language English Publisher Oxford University Press Publication date 1968 to 1982; reprinted with corrections 1996; 2nd edition 2012 Publication place United Kingdom Media type Print (Hardcover) Pages 2,400 ISBN 978-0-19-958031-6 Dewey Decimal 473/.21 19 LC Class PA2365.E5 O9 2012 The Oxford Latin Dictionary (or OLD) is the standard English lexicon ...
He also was a composer of poems, writing ecclesiastics and eulogies of English kings, and a book of moral epigrams in the style of Martial. Godfrey's genuine works were later often confused with those of Martial's. His work enjoyed considerable popularity in the century after his death and beyond. One of his poems is included in Carmina Burana. [1]
The Oxford Classical Dictionary [1] [2] (OCD), which covers both Greek and Latin authors and texts. Either Liddell & Scott [3] (LSJ) or the Diccionario Griego-Español [4] (DGE) for Greek authors and texts, combined with either the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae [5] (TLL) or the Oxford Latin Dictionary [6] (OLD) for Latin authors and texts.
1490 Latin edition of Martial's Epigrams, which, prior to the discovery of P. Oxy. 2891, were one of the main sources of information about Philaenis [25] The Roman epigrammatist Martial , who wrote in the late first century AD, uses a fictional character named Philaenis in his satires, [ 15 ] [ 26 ] [ 25 ] who may have been partially based on ...
[2] [3] Euripides' phrase "underwent all kinds of variations", [4] [n 1] especially in Latin poets like Propertius, Ovid, Martial, and Persius; [9] [5] [10] [11] [12] although some minor variants like Sit Ei Terra Levis – abbreviated to SETL – are attested, [13] and excluding Roman Africa which developed its own stock formula (Ossa Tibi ...