Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
Quintilian [kwin-til-yuh n, -ee-uh n] Examples noun
- Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, a.d. c35–c95, Roman rhetorician.
Examples from the Web for quintilian Historical Examples of quintilian
He rarely made in that convention a speech which Quintilian would have approved.
Moses Coit Tyler
Poggio rescued “Quintilian” from the counter of a wood merchant.
Andrew Lang
Quintilian tried to stay this tide, and taught that oratory should conceal itself.
Levi Seeley
I am now busy with Quintilian and Lucan, both excellent writers.
Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay
George Otto Trevelyan
The same may be said of other examples adduced, here as afterward, by Quintilian.
Anthony Trollope
British Dictionary definitions for quintilian Quintilian noun
- Latin name Marcus Fabius Quintilianus. ?35–?96 ad, Roman rhetorician and teacher