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Mæcenas

Mæcenas is the archaic spelling of Maecenas.

Meaning of Maecenas

Noun

Maecenas (plural Maecenases)

  1. A generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art.
    • […]thou art his deare and louing friend, good and gracious Lord and maſter, Mecenas,[…]1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Loue of men, which varies as his obiects, profitable, pleaſant, honeſt.”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John...

Forms of Mæcenas

pluralMæcenases

Questions about Mæcenas

What is Mæcenas the archaic spelling of?
Mæcenas is the archaic spelling of Maecenas.

Words near Mæcenas in the dictionary

  1. märzenbier
  2. märzenbiers
  3. märzens
  4. mæander
  5. mæanders
  6. Mæcenas
  7. Mæcenases
  8. mægth
  9. mægths
  10. mænad
  11. mænades

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