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Varronian, a.|væˈrəʊnɪən|
[ad. L. Varrōniān-us, f. Varrōn-, Varro: (see def.).]
Of or pertaining to the Roman author M. Terentius Varro (116–27 b.c.); admitted as genuine by Varro.
1693Dryden Disc. Satire Ess. (Ker) II. 64 That which we call the Varronian Satire. Ibid. 107 The Secchia Rapita is an Italian poem, a satire of the Varronian kind. 1738Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) s.v. Menippean, In imitation of him [sc. Menippus], Varro also wrote satyrs..: Whence this sort of composition is also denominated Varronian satyr. 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 93/2 The ‘Varronian plays’ [of Plautus] were the twenty which have come down to us, along with one which has been lost. 1911W. W. Fowler Relig. Exp. Rom. vii. 163 It can no longer be rearranged on the original Varronian plan. |