Associations to the word «Petronius»

Wiktionary

PETRONIUS, proper noun. A Roman courtier during the reign of Nero

Dictionary definition

PETRONIUS, noun. Roman satirist (died in 66).

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope