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Long before the idea of a writer's conference was a glimmer in anyone's eye, writers learned by reading the work of their predecessors. They studied meter with Ovid, plot construction with Homer, comedy with Aristophanes; they honed their prose style by absorbing the lucid sentences of Montaigne and Samuel Johnson.
Francine Prose

Meaning of "Ovid" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVID

Ovid  [ˈɒvɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVID

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Ovid is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OVID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ovid

Ovid

Publius Ovidius Naso, known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet best known for the Metamorphoses, a 15-book continuous mythological narrative written in the meter of epic, and for collections of love poetry in elegiac couplets, especially the Amores and Ars Amatoria. His poetry was much imitated during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, and greatly influenced Western art and literature. The Metamorphoses remains one of the most important sources of classical mythology. Ovid is traditionally ranked alongside Virgil and Horace, his older contemporaries, as one of the three canonic poets of Latin literature. He was the first major Roman poet to begin his career during the reign of Augustus, and the Imperial scholar Quintilian considered him the last of the Latin love elegists. He enjoyed enormous popularity, but in one of the mysteries of literary history he was sent by Augustus into exile in a remote province on the Black Sea, where he remained until his death.

Definition of Ovid in the English dictionary

The definition of Ovid in the dictionary is Latin name Publius Ovidius Naso. 43 bc–?17 ad, Roman poet. His verse includes poems on love, Ars Amatoria, on myths, Metamorphoses, and on his sufferings in exile, Tristia.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVID


Almoravid
ælˈmɔːrəvɪd
avid
ˈævɪd
beloved
bɪˈlʌvɪd
bevvied
ˈbevɪd
bovid
ˈbəʊvɪd
cervid
ˈsɜːvɪd
chivied
ˈtʃɪvɪd
corvid
ˈkɔːvɪd
David
ˈdeɪvɪd
fervid
ˈfɜːvɪd
gravid
ˈɡrævɪd
ivied
ˈaɪvɪd
kidvid
ˈkɪdˌvɪd
livid
ˈlɪvɪd
pavid
ˈpævɪd
perfervid
pɜːˈfɜːvɪd
unbeloved
ˌʌnbɪˈlʌvɪd
unlevied
ʌnˈlɛvɪd
vid
vɪd
vivid
ˈvɪvɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVID

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Oviedo

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVID

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Shield of David
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Translator English - Chinese

奥维
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Ovidio
570 millions of speakers

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Ovid
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ओविड
380 millions of speakers
ar

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أوفيد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Овидий
278 millions of speakers

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Ovídio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ওভিদ
260 millions of speakers

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ovide
220 millions of speakers

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Ovid
190 millions of speakers

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ovid
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オービット
130 millions of speakers

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오비디우스
85 millions of speakers

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Ovid
85 millions of speakers
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Ovid
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஓவிட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओविड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ovid
70 millions of speakers

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Ovidio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Owidiusz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Овідій
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Ovidiu
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Οβίδιος
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Ovidius
14 millions of speakers
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Ovid
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Ovid
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Ovid

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QUOTES WITH «OVID»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Ovid.
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Francine Prose
Long before the idea of a writer's conference was a glimmer in anyone's eye, writers learned by reading the work of their predecessors. They studied meter with Ovid, plot construction with Homer, comedy with Aristophanes; they honed their prose style by absorbing the lucid sentences of Montaigne and Samuel Johnson.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVID»

Discover the use of Ovid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Ovid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Metamorphoses
Ovid's Metamorphoses gains its ideal twenty-first-century herald in Stanley Lombardo's bracing translation of a wellspring of Western art and literature that is too often treated, even by poets, as a mere vehicle for the scores of myths it ...
Ovid, Stanley Lombardo, 2010
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Ovid
This book provides a unique and accessible introduction to the complete works of Ovid.
Katharina Volk, 2011
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A Companion to Ovid
These essays tackle such basic issues as backgrounds and contexts, genre and style, ancient and modern reception, while also offering provocative new interpretations of the poet's major works, from the Amores and Ars amatoria to the ...
Peter E. Knox, 2012
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Ovid: Ars Amatoria
Book 3 of Ovid's Ars Amatoria teaches women how to catch and keep men and is here presented in the first full modern edition, based on the revised Oxford Classical Text by E. J. Kenney.
Ovid, Roy K. Gibson, 2003
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Ovid: The Poet and His Work
In addition, Holzberg's own insightful, frequently witty observations infuse the book, resulting in a rounded vision of a storyteller Holzberg finds to be distinctly modern.
Niklas Holzberg, 2002
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Reading Ovid: Stories from the Metamorphoses
Presents a selection from Metamorphoses, designed for those who have completed an introductory Latin course.
Peter Jones, 2007
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Ovid in Exile: Power and Poetic Redress in the Tristia and ...
In response to being exiled to the Black Sea by the Roman emperor Augustus in 8 AD, Ovid began to compose the "Tristia" and "Epistulae ex Ponto" and to create for himself a place of intellectual refuge.
Matthew M. McGowan, 2009
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Ovid As An Epic Poet
For the second edition of his study of the Metamorphoses, which was originally published in 1970, Professor Otis wrote a new concluding chapter.
Brooks Otis, 2010
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Latin Via Ovid: A First Course
For additional complimentary materials on this topic, please see Latin Via Ovid Audio materials (available via downloadable flash drive and cassette tapes) by Norma Goldman and Jacob E. Nyenhuis and the accompanying text Practice, Practice: ...
Norma Goldman, 1982
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Ovid in the Middle Ages
Explores the extraordinary influence of Ovid upon the culture - learned, literary, artistic and popular - of medieval Europe.
James G. Clark, Frank T. Coulson, Kathryn L. McKinley, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVID»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Ovid is used in the context of the following news items.
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Finger Lakes Cheese Festival
So has Sarah Van Orden of Crosswinds Farm and Creamery in Ovid, who produces a fresh soft cheese “Like a cream cheese, only better,” she ... «ithaca.com, Jul 15»
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Cayuga/Seneca Community Action Agency: New Anti-Hunger …
... Harmony Food Pantry, King Ferry Food Pantry, Ovid Ecumenical Food Pantry, Seneca Falls Backpack Program, St. Alphonsus Food Pantry ... «Auburn Citizen, Jul 15»
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Professor Uses Grafting Technique To Produce Tree That Grows 40 …
... Van Aken was able to link grafting to the metaphor for modern man, like Frankenstein, and for sexuality such as in Ovid's transformation. «Tech Times, Jul 15»
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Granddaughter gets help identifying former Willard patient's grave
OVID — Estelle Brewer was a Willard Psychiatric Center patient who was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in 1945. The 51-year-old was laid to ... «Finger Lakes Times, Jul 15»
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Winning Pastels
OVID — An Ovid artist has again come out on top, thanks to his talent with pastels. Tom Tomasek recently received the grand prize, as well as ... «Argus Press, Jul 15»
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Humanoid Robots Suck
Since Ovid wrote about Pygmalion's living sculpture, humans have been obsessed with creating non-humans that look human and act human. «Inverse, Jul 15»
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Bard Sanctions Star Professor Accused of Calling a Colleague …
... to be “triggered” by a class discussion of Ovid's masterpiece “Metamorphoses.” The professor's focus “on the beauty of the language and the ... «New York Observer, Jul 15»
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Fishing with Clint Baranowski: For week of July 24
Ovid. Grand Lake continues to provide an unbelievable bass fishery. The Big Bass Bash was a testament to the number of large fish swimming ... «Grandlakenews, Jul 15»
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Community calendar
91 to Hidden Valley; follow Hidden Valley to range. www.mesquiteshooters.org, Ovid Pinckert 702-346-6314 or Ken Ness 702-613-4170. «St. George Daily Spectrum, Jul 15»
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Who wrote the book of love? Depends on which one you mean
The Roman poet Ovid wrote the first book of love, or at least, the first best-seller on the topic. His “Ars Amatoria,” of “The Art of Love,” written in 2 ... «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jul 15»

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