tacitus
IPA: tˈæsɪtɪs
Root Word: Tacitus
noun
- A Roman cognomen, notably borne by Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (c.56–117), a historian of ancient Rome and Marcus Claudius Tacitus (c.200–275), a Roman emperor.
- A lunar impact crater.
- (medicine) Acronym of Thyroid Allostasis in Critical Illness, Tumours, Uraemia and Starvation.
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Examples of "tacitus" in Sentences
- Tacitus refers to this law, e.g.
- Description of the event by Tacitus.
- Tacitus would be firmly in the former.
- The tacitus commonsense knowledge base.
- Tacitus called it the parricide's doom .
- The same however is not true for Tacitus.
- Tacitus writes from the point of view of an aristocrat.
- It's a secondhand interpretation of a passage in Tacitus.
- Tacitus is much more than a simple annalist or encyclopedist.
- It's Tacitus who claims that the punishment had a salutary effect.