Definition of Bavius
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Orthography ID = 2006310
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LNS
Bavius, Baviī
Bavius
noun (m., 2nd -IUS declension)
  1. a stupid poet, an enemy of Virgil and Horace
Abbreviations
Bavius, ii, m., a stupid poet, an enemy of Virgil and Horace: qui Bavium non odit, amet tua carmina, Maevi, Verg. E. 3, 90 (pro poenā ei contingat, ut diligat Maevium pejorem poetam. Nam Maevius et Bavius pessimi fuerunt poetae, inimici tam Horatio quam Vergilio, Serv.; cf. id. ad Verg. G. 1, 210, where is found the attack of Bavius upon Verg. for using hordeum in the plur.; cf. also Philargyr. Verg. E. l. l., and Weich. Poet. Lat. Rel. p. 308 sq.).
 
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