plutarch
IPA: pɫutˈɑrtʃ
Root Word: Plutarch
noun
- The classical historian and essayist Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (46-120 C.E.). Often used as a byword for a biographer, to suggest that the writer is especially skilled or has other attributes associated with Plutarch.
- Any specific edition of a work by Plutarch, often specifically Plutarch's Lives
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Examples of "plutarch" in Sentences
- Plutarch is clear about this issue.
- No mention of Caesar's ancestry in Plutarch.
- Plutarch considers this to be false, however.
- Thanks for the correction on Plutarch though.
- Another person of this name occurs in Plutarch.
- Plutarch and Strabo supported the second theory.
- Suggestions for spelling of encyclopedia/plutarch -
- In Plutarch's account, his body was dragged from its bier by the mob.
- Plutarch says that he was even frightened from the persecutors of Pirro.
- Plutarch contrasted the dithyramb's wild and ecstatic character with the paean.
- Pseudo Plutarch's De Musica credits him with innovations in the dithyramb hymn.
- Actually, I really like "bully," even though it only suits a fraction of possible griefing behaviour (high-level avatars turning noobs into fine red mist, plutarchs bidding for auction items their class can't use...)(is plutarch a word?)
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