DECIMUS See also:

• MAGNUS, HEINRICH GUSTAV (1802-1870)

MAGNUS See also:

• DECIMUS MAGNUS AUSONIUS (c. 310-395)

AUSONIUS (c. 310-395)  , See also:

• ROMAN

Roman poet and rhetorician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Burdigala [See also:

• BORDEAUX

Bordeaux]: He received an etcellent See also:

• EDUCATION

education, especially in See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar and See also:

• RHETORIC (Gr. psroperctj TEXvq, the art of the orator)

rhetoric, but confesses that his progress in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek was unsatisfactory . Having completed his studies, he practised for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time as an See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate, but his inclination See also:

• LAY

lay in the direction of teaching . He set up (in 334) a school of rhetoric in his native See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, which was largely attended, his most famous See also:

• PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil being See also:

• PAULINUS (d. 644)
• PAULINUS, GAIUS SUETONIUS (1st century A.D.)

Paulinus,afterwards See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• NOLA

Nola . After See also:

• THIRTY

thirty years of this See also:

• WORK

work, he was summoned by Valentinian to the imperial See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, to undertake the education of See also:

• GRATIAN (FLAvrus GRATIANUS AUGUSTUS)

Gratian, the See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir-apparent . The See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince always entertained the greatest regard for his See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor, and after his See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession bestowed upon him the highest titles and honours,culminating in the See also:

• CONSUL
• CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)

consul-See also:

• SHIP

ship (379) . After the See also:

• MURDER

murder of Gratian (383), See also:

• AUSONIUS, DECIMUS MAGNUS (c. 310-395)

Ausonius retired to his estates near Burdigala . He appears to have been a (not very enthusiastic) convert to See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity . He died about 395 . His most important extant See also:

• WORKS

works are: in See also:

• PROSE

prose, Gratiarum Actio, an address of thanks to Gratian for his See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation to the consulship; Periochae, summaries of the books of the Iliad and Odyssey; and one or two epistolae; in See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse, Epigrammata, including several See also:

• FREE

free See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations from the Greek See also:

• ANTHOLOGY

Anthology; See also:

• EPHEMERIS (Greek for a " diary ")

Ephemeris, the occupations of a See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day ; Parentalia and Commemoratio Prolessorum Burdigalensium, on deceased relatives and See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends ; Epitaphia, chiefly on the Trojan heroes Caesares, memorial verses on the Roman emperors from See also:

• JULIUS

Julius See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

Caesar to Elagabalus ; Ordo Nobilium Urbium, See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short poems on famous cities ; Ludus Septem Sapientum, speeches delivered by the Seven Sages of See also:

• GREECE

Greece ; Idyllia, of which the best-known are the Mosella, a descriptive poem on the Moselle, and the in-famous See also:

• CENTO
• CENTO (Gr. idvrpwv, Lat. cento, patchwork)

Cento Nuptialis . We may also mention Cupido Cruciatus, See also:

• CUPID (Cupido, " desire ")

Cupid on the See also:

• CROSS

cross ; Technopaegion, a literary trifle consisting of a collection of verses ending in monosyllables ; Eclogarum See also:

• LIBER

Liber, on astronomical and astrological subjects ; Epistolae, including letters to Paulinus and See also:

• SYMMACHUS

Symmachus ; lastly, Praefatiunculae, three poetical epistles, one to the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• THEODOSIUS

Theodosius . Ausonius was rather a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of letters than a poet; his wide See also:

• READING

reading supplied him with material for a See also:

• GREAT

great variety of subjects, but his works exhibit no traces of a true poetic spirit even his versification, though ingenious, is frequently defective . There are no See also:

• MSS

MSS. containing the whole of Ausonius's works .

Editio princeps, 1472; See also:

• EDITIONS

editions by See also:

• SCALIGER

Scaliger 1575, Souchay 1730, Schenkl 1883, •Peiper 1886; cf . Mosella, Bocking 1845, de la Ville de Mirmont (See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical edition with See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation) 1889, and De Ausonii See also:

• MORELIA (formerly Valladolid)

Morelia, 1892, See also:

• HOSIUS
• HOSIUS, STANISLAUS (1504–1579)

Hosius 1894 . See Deydou, Un Poste bordelais (1868) ; Everat, De Ausonii Operibus (1885) ; Jullian, Ausone et Bordeaux (1893); C . Verrier and R. de Gourmont, See also:

• LES

Les 1pigrammes d'Ausone (translation with bibliography, 1905); R . Pichon, Les Derniers _(translation profanes (1907) .