Associations to the word «Plautus»

Wiktionary

PLAUTUS, proper noun. A Roman comic playwright (c. 254 – 184 BC) of the Old Latin period.

Dictionary definition

PLAUTUS, noun. Comic dramatist of ancient Rome (253?-184 BC).
PLAUTUS, noun. A genus of Alcidae.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats