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• OVID (noun)
The noun OVID has 1 sense:
1. Roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 BC - AD 17)
Familiarity information: OVID used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 BC - AD 17)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Ovid; Publius Ovidius Naso
Instance hypernyms:
poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))
Domain member category:
Morpheus (the Roman god of sleep and dreams)
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