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\dˈɛsɪməs mˈaɡnəs ɔːsˈə͡ʊnɪəs], \dˈɛsɪməs mˈaɡnəs ɔːsˈəʊnɪəs], \d_ˈɛ_s_ɪ_m_ə_s m_ˈa_ɡ_n_ə_s ɔː_s_ˈəʊ_n_ɪ__ə_s]\
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A Roman poet of the 4th century (310-94); born at Bordeaux. He stood in high favor with the emperors Valentinian and Gratian. One of his most ambitious poems is a fulsome eulogy of Gratian. He wrote a number of "Idyls", "Elegies", and "Epistles". He is at his best in "The Moselle", one of his idyls, in which he describes a voyage on that river and the Rhine.
By Charles Dudley Warner
