Maecenas
//mʌɪˈsiːnəs// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art.
"[…] thou art his dear and loving friend, good and gracious Lord and Master, his Maecenas."
Example
More examples"[…] thou art his dear and loving friend, good and gracious Lord and Master, his Maecenas."
Etymology
From Middle French mecenas, and its source, Latin Maecēnās (“literary patron”), from the name of Gaius Maecenas (c. 70–8 BCE), Roman statesman and patron of Horace and Virgil.
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