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PETRONIUS ARBITER
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• PETRONIUS ARBITER (noun)
The noun PETRONIUS ARBITER has 1 sense:
1. Roman satirist (died in 66)
Familiarity information: PETRONIUS ARBITER used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Roman satirist (died in 66)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Gaius Petronius; Petronius; Petronius Arbiter
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
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