Horatian

English

Etymology

Horace +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Horatian (comparative more Horatian, superlative most Horatian)

  1. (literature, poetry) Of or pertaining to the Roman poet Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus; 65–8 BCE) or to his works or style.
    There are three typical forms of ode: Horatian, Pindaric and irregular. Horatian odes follow the conventions of Horace, who deliberately imitated the Greek lyricists such as Alcaeus and Anacreon.
    Satirical literature can commonly be categorised as Horatian, Juvenalian or Menippean. Horatian satire playfully criticizes some social vice through gentle, mild, and light-hearted humour.
    • 1894 May, E. H. Lewis, “The Influence of Horace in English Literature”, in The Quarterly Calendar, Vol. III, No. 1, University of Chicago Press, page 97:
      Jonson was the most Horatian of the Elizabethans, both by nature and by study.
    • 1963, C. O. Brink, Horace on Poetry, Volume 1: Prolegomena to the Literary Epistles, Cambridge University Press, page 135:
      Again nothing could be more Horatian than the high spirits of the introduction of the poem.
    • 2022, Jennifer Ferriss-Hill, Roman Satire, BRILL, page 80:
      While these writers would have been familiar with both,[the Horatian and Juvenalian styles of satire] some were naturally "attracted to the abrasiveness of Juvenal rather than the suavity of Horace" while others found they were able to express whatever they wanted to express in more Horatian tones.

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