juvenal

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    Roman satirist who denounced the vice and folly of Roman society during the reign of the emperor Domitian (60-140)

Word Origin

juvenal
1580s (n.), 1630s (adj.), from Latin iuvenalis "of or belonging to youth," from iuvenis "a young person" (see young). The Roman satirist is Decimius Junius Juvenalis.

Example

1. Juvenal scourging woman , illustration from the sixth satire of juvenal , 1896 .
2. A healthy mind is in a healthy body . Juvenal , ancient roman satirist .
3. Juvenal would have said : difficile est satiram non scribere ( it is difficult not to write a satire ) .
4. That killing was planned by members of a hutu fascist elite , including men linked to agathe habyarimana , the wife of rwanda 's murdered dictator , juvenal .
5. He wants congo 's president , joseph kabila , to distance himself from hutu militias , including remnants of rwanda 's previous regime of juvenal habyarimana , and to rein in his own troops .

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