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PETRONIUS
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• PETRONIUS (noun)
The noun PETRONIUS has 1 sense:
1. Roman satirist (died in 66)
Familiarity information: PETRONIUS used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Roman satirist (died in 66)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Gaius Petronius; Petronius; Petronius Arbiter
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
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