Maecenas

Signification (Anglais)

A generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art.

Concepts

mécène

Traductions

Mäzen

mecenate

mecenas

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/mʌɪˈsiːnəs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.