Associations to the word «Plutarch»

Wiktionary

PLUTARCH, proper noun. The classical historian and essayist Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (46-120 CE). Often used as a byword for a biographer, to suggest that the writer is especially skilled or has other attributes associated with Plutarch.
PLUTARCH, noun. Any specific edition of a work by Plutarch, often specifically Plutarch's Lives

Dictionary definition

PLUTARCH, noun. Greek biographer who wrote Parallel Lives (46?-120 AD).

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