Associations to the word «Tacitus»

Wiktionary

TACITUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Crassulaceae   — certain stonecrops.
TACITUS, proper noun. A Roman cognomen, notably borne by Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (c.56-117), a historian of ancient Rome and Marcus Claudius Tacitus (c.200-275), a Roman emperor.
TACITUS, proper noun. A lunar impact crater

Dictionary definition

TACITUS, noun. Roman historian who wrote major works on the history of the Roman Empire (56-120).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats