Tacitean

The cavalry general and Negro fighter seemed very sure of himself, but Lee still wondered if simple savagery could produce even a Tacitean peace.

The Guns Of The South Turtledove, Harry 1960

Here too we hunt, and trap, and eat berries of the undergrowth, like Algonkins or Tacitean Germans, many of whom had no more skill in cattle than Algonkins.

The Unity of Civilization Various

Several public schoolmasters, I understand, have already noted its possibilities as a suitable extract for translation into Tacitean Latin.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 16, 1919 Various

Tacitean brevity is proverbial, and many of his sentences are so brief, and leave so much for the student to read between the lines, that in order to be understood and appreciated the author must be read over and over again, lest the reader miss the point of some of his most excellent thoughts.

The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus Caius Cornelius Tacitus

I wondered whether, in similar circumstances, I should have been able to resist the temptation to be Tacitean.

The Adventure of Living Strachey, John St Loe 1922

Tacitus has described him in a passage, remarkable even among Tacitean portraits for its extraordinary brilliance.

Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Harold Edgeworth Butler 1914

The Vatican, once centralized in its policy, began to be disquieted by the persistent survival of Byzantinism (Greek cults and language lingered up to the twelfth century); with the Tacitean _odium fratrum_ she exercised more severity towards the sister-faith than towards actual paganism.

Old Calabria Norman Douglas 1910

But his discourse, usually ample and florid as befitted both his person and his calling, was couched on this occasion in Tacitean brevity.

South Wind Norman Douglas 1910

He had a Tacitean power of drawing a portrait with a phrase which haunted the memory.

The Life of Froude Paul, Herbert 1905

Tacitean style is still immature, though it is well on the way towards maturity.

Latin Literature 1902