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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- Varro, Marcus Terentius 116-27 B.C. Roman scholar and encyclopedist who reputedly produced more than 600 volumes, covering nearly every field of knowledge.
WordNet 3.0
- n. Roman scholar (116-27 BC)
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“Ovid often mentions this poem with admiration; he calls Varro the poet of the sail-tossing sea, says no age will be ignorant of his fame, and even thinks the ocean gods may have helped him to compose his song.”
The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius
“Ferraro calls Varro's work one of the most important for the history of ancient Italy and says historians have made a mistake in not reading it.”
“His father tells Batty that he'll repay him the cost of Varro, which is just gross and wrong but there's nothing Batiatus can really do about it.”
“Consider mine -- I like the idea of Varro as the guy who won't leave you alone at work, the guy who steals his buddy's coffee cup, but my god, the shit that comes out of his mouth, and Crixus's in that scene.”
“Cicero (_ad Att. _ xiii. 18) calls Varro 'homo πολυγραφώτατος,' and Varro himself said that he had written four hundred and ninety”
“Agricultural writers, too, such as Varro and Columella, deal with the subject of fish ponds and stews rather fully.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1
“In the course of three or four years, during which I thus applied myself, I had read almost every prose writer of the age of pure Latinity, except those who have treated merely of technical subjects, such as Varro, Columella, and Celsus.”
“This could occur in any part of Europe, because emissions allowances can be traded across borders, Mr. Varro said.”
The Wall Street Journal: IEA Warns on Impact of German Nuclear Halt
“Gas has to replace more than 100% of the lost nuclear power...because it also has to drive out coal to satisfy the carbon constraint," Mr. Varro said.”
The Wall Street Journal: IEA Warns on Impact of German Nuclear Halt
“The nuclear moratorium, in response to the Fukushima disaster in Japan, will set back by a couple of years Germany's move to shift its power sector away from carbon-based fuels, Mr. Varro said.”
The Wall Street Journal: IEA Warns on Impact of German Nuclear Halt
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