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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the planet Saturn or to its supposed astrological influence.
- adjective Archaic Of or relating to the god Saturn or his reign.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In entomology, pertaining or related to the Saturniidæ.
- noun A saturnian moth; a member of the Saturniidæ.
- Pertaining to the god Saturn, or to his reign, alleged to be “the golden age”; hence, happy; distinguished for purity, integrity, and simplicity.
- Of or pertaining to the planet Saturn.
- Dăbū nt mălū m Mĕtḗllī [or Mĕtḗllī] || Nǣv îō pŏētǣ
- as an iambic line consisting of two members (cola) separated by a cesura. Such a verse was compared by Macaulay (Introd. to “Lays of Ancient Rome”) to the nursery rime
- Thĕ quēen | wăs īn | hĕr pār | lour || ēatĭng | brēad ănd | hōnĕy.
- Others (and this is now the prevalent opinion) regard the Saturnian verse as purely accentual:
- Dábunt málum Metélli [or Métellí] || Náeviō poétæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of large handsome moths belonging to Saturnia and allied genera. The luna moth, polyphemus, and promethea, are examples. They belong to the Silkworn family, and some are raised for their silk. See
Polyphemus . - adjective (Roman Myth.) Of or pertaining to Saturn, whose age or reign, from the mildness and wisdom of his government, is called the
golden age . - adjective Hence: Resembling the golden age; distinguished for peacefulness, happiness, contentment.
- adjective (Astron.) Of or pertaining to the planet Saturn.
- adjective (Pros.) a meter employed by early Roman satirists, consisting of three iambics and an extra syllable followed by three trochees, as in the line: -- Thĕ quēen | wăs īn | thĕ kītch | ĕn ‖ ēatĭng | brēad ănd | hōnĕy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Related to theplanet Saturn . - adjective Related to the
Roman god Saturn. - adjective
Dour ,baleful orsullen facial expression. - noun science fiction An
inhabitant of the planetSaturn .
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Examples
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The Romans alfo (as nature is the fame in all places) though they knew nothing of thofe Grecian demi-gods, nor had any communication with Greece, yet had cer - tainly young men, who, at their feftivals, danced and fung after their uncouth manner, to a certain kind of verfe, which they called Saturnian: what it was, we have no certain light from antiquity to difcover; but we DEDICATION.
The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790
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But the abandonment of the Saturnian was the abandonment of a tradition five centuries old.
Introduction 1912
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Roman ballads were in what is called Saturnian meter, which depends on stress and accent; it is not unlike the meter of the
The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Kenneth Morris 1908
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Hence (1) the rude rhythmical effusions, which contained the early Roman story, might be called Saturnian, not with reference to their metrical law, but to their
The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1879
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Arcady is a kind of Saturnian realm, and "mixtures" elsewhere
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889
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Cassini (if you haven't been gawking at all the fabulous Saturn pictures like you should) is a mission that has been studying the Saturnian system (planet and rings and moons ... oh my!)
Archive 2009-01-08 Nicole 2009
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This module is dropped and chemical propulsion is used to decelerate into Saturnian orbit and to maneuver within that planetary system.
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Cassini (if you haven't been gawking at all the fabulous Saturn pictures like you should) is a mission that has been studying the Saturnian system (planet and rings and moons ... oh my!)
URSI Update #2 Nicole 2009
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The only survivors were those living off-planet at the time – on the Moon, Mars, the Saturnian and Jovian systems… Over the course of a number of stories and three novels, Varley fleshed out a future history in which humanity struggles to survive – using gifted alien technology – on the various inhospitable worlds of the Solar system.
The Best Science Fiction Series « It Doesn't Have To Be Right… 2010
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They speak Saturnian (composed of odd looking English letters), and erratically use the words "boing," "ding," and "zoom".
Mr. Saturn | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models Michael James 2008
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