Definition of Petronius Arbiter

1. Noun. Roman satirist (died in 66).

Exact synonyms: Gaius Petronius, Petronius
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Petronius Arbiter

Petri dishes
Petri net
Petrich
Petrified Forest National Park
Petrine
Petrocoptis
Petrogale
Petrogales
Petrograd
Petromyzon
Petromyzon marinus
Petromyzoniformes
Petromyzontidae
Petronella
Petronius
Petronius Arbiter (current term)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Petroselinum
Petroselinum crispum
Petroselinum crispum neapolitanum
Petroselinum crispum tuberosum
Petrosyan
Petrozavodsk
Petrus Stuyvesant
Pette-Doring disease
Petteria
Petteria ramentacea
Petty Bag
Petunia axillaris
Petunia hybrida

Literary usage of Petronius Arbiter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"Petronius Arbiter (FIRST CENTURY AD: DIED 66) BY HARRIET WATERS PRESTON JN THE solemn last book of the fragmentary Annals of Tacitus, where the historian is ..."

2. An Introduction to the Knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions of the Greek by Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1827)
"Upon the whole, this is an elaborate and excellent edition. There are copies on writing, and on vellum, paper. Petronius Arbiter. AC 66. •-. 1476. 4to. ..."

3. The World's Progress: With Illustrative Texts from Masterpieces of Egyptian by Delphian Society (1913)
"... lodg'd, and fix'd upon the shore. Rome and his fortune were at once restored, And earth at once received him for her lord. Petronius Arbiter. ..."

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