Maecenas

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /mʌɪˈsiː.nəs/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art.
    — […]thou art his deare and louing friend, good and gracious Lord and maſter, Mecenas,[…]

词形变化

Maecenases plural Mæcenas alternative,archaic

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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