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Plautine

Adjective

Meaning

Plautine (comparative more Plautine, superlative most Plautine)

Of or pertaining to, characteristic of, associated with or suggestive of Plautus (a Roman comic playwright), his works, or his authorship.

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Examples

As well as appearing in Shakespearean comedy, the Plautine parasite appears in one of the first English comedies. Source: Internet

It was the most popular Plautine play in the Middle Ages, and publicly performed at the Renaissance; it was the first Plautine play to be translated into English. Source: Internet

Lowe, J.C.B., "Aspects of Plautus’ Originality in the Asinaria," The Classical Quarterly 42 (1992), p. 155. The Clever Slave One of the best examples of this method is the Plautine slave, a form that plays a major role in quite a few of Plautus’ works. Source: Internet

The lustful old man Another important Plautine stock character, discussed by K.C. Ryder, is the senex amator. Source: Internet

These forms are frequent and of too great a number for a complete list here, The reader is directed to the word studies of A.W. Hodgman (Nouns 1902; Verbs 107) to grasp fully the use of archaic forms in Plautine diction. Source: Internet

The specific type of monologue (or soliloquy) in which a Plautine slave engages is the prologue. Source: Internet

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