Maecenas

n. 米西纳斯, 慷慨资助文学(或艺术)的人

发音

UK /mʌɪˈsiː.nəs/
其它

词形变化

Maecenases 复数 Maecenases

别名

Mæcenas

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art.

词源

Derived from Middle French mecenas, and its source, Latin Maecēnās (“literary patron”), from the name of Gaius Maecenas (c. 70–8 BCE), Roman statesman and patron of Horace and Virgil.

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