AGRIPPA

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• AGRIPPA (noun)
  The noun AGRIPPA has 1 sense:

1. Roman general who commanded the fleet that defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium (63-12 BC)

  Familiarity information: AGRIPPA used as a noun is very rare.

• AGRIPPA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Roman general who commanded the fleet that defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium (63-12 BC)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Agrippa; Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa

Instance hypernyms:

national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)

 Context examples 

He heard with attention the little narration concerning my studies and smiled at the names of Cornelius Agrippa and Paracelsus, but without the contempt that M. Krempe had exhibited.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

I was so curious to know the truth of this story, that I desired Agrippa might be called, who was admiral in that fight.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Professor Krempe often asked me, with a sly smile, how Cornelius Agrippa went on, whilst M. Waldman expressed the most heartfelt exultation in my progress.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

My father looked carelessly at the title page of my book and said, “Ah! Cornelius Agrippa! My dear Victor, do not waste your time upon this; it is sad trash.”

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

In this house I chanced to find a volume of the works of Cornelius Agrippa.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

A youngster who, but a few years ago, believed in Cornelius Agrippa as firmly as in the gospel, has now set himself at the head of the university; and if he is not soon pulled down, we shall all be out of countenance.—Ay, ay, continued he, observing my face expressive of suffering, M. Frankenstein is modest; an excellent quality in a young man.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

If, instead of this remark, my father had taken the pains to explain to me that the principles of Agrippa had been entirely exploded and that a modern system of science had been introduced which possessed much greater powers than the ancient, because the powers of the latter were chimerical, while those of the former were real and practical, under such circumstances I should certainly have thrown Agrippa aside and have contented my imagination, warmed as it was, by returning with greater ardour to my former studies.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

All that he said threw greatly into the shade Cornelius Agrippa, Albertus Magnus, and Paracelsus, the lords of my imagination; but by some fatality the overthrow of these men disinclined me to pursue my accustomed studies.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)