English to afrikaans meaning of

Horasius verwys na 'n gegewe naam van Latynse oorsprong, wat "tydhouer" of "tydhouer" beteken. Dit is ook die naam van 'n Romeinse digter, Quintus Horatius Flaccus, wat gedurende die bewind van Augustus Caesar geleef het en bekend is vir sy satiriese en liriese poësie.

Sentence Examples

  1. Horace paraded straight to the doors and gave them a series of sharp taps with his spear.
  2. Other guards noticed the commotion and came running, but a few muttered words from Horace or Bates and a quick glance at Hawke were all they needed to join the effort of moving the congregation aside.
  3. The latter, faithful to the principle of Horace, nil admirari, had contented himself with showing his knowledge by declaring in what lake the best lampreys were caught.
  4. Horace leaned in and whispered something, causing those eyes to bolt open in shock.
  5. If your son write satires reflecting on the honour of others, chide and correct him, and tear them up but if he compose discourses in which he rebukes vice in general, in the style of Horace, and with elegance like his, commend him for it is legitimate for a poet to write against envy and lash the envious in his verse, and the other vices too, provided he does not single out individuals there are, however, poets who, for the sake of saying something spiteful, would run the risk of being banished to the coast of Pontus.