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—Vitruvian, adj./vi trooh"vee euhs pol"ee oh'/Marcus, fl. 1st century B.C., Roman architect, engineer, and author.
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VITRUVIUS Pollio (M.) — M. VITRUVIUS Pollio parentum curâ liberalibus disciplinis ab ineunte aetate fuit institutus, Encyclopaediamque absolvit, quod ipse fatetur in libri sexti prooemio. Iulio Caesari fuit non ignotus, post cuius obitum ab Octavia fratri Augusto… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
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Vitruvius Pollio — Vi•tru•vi•us Pol•li•o [[t]vɪˈtru vi əs ˈpɒl iˌoʊ[/t]] n. big Marcus, fl. 1st century b.c., Roman architect, engineer, and author … From formal English to slang
Vitruvius Pollio — /vɪˌtruviəs ˈpɒlioʊ/ (say vi.troohveeuhs poleeoh) noun Marcus, lived in the 1st century BC, Roman architect, engineer, and author. –Vitruvian, adjective …
Vitruvius Pollio — Vitruvian, adj. /vi trooh vee euhs pol ee oh / Marcus, fl. 1st century B.C., Roman architect, engineer, and author … Useful english dictionary
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio — (Renaissance Portrait) Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (auch: Vitruv oder Vitruvius) war ein römischer Architekt, Ingenieur und Schriftsteller des 1. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. Inhaltsverzeichnis … Deutsch Wikipedia
VITRUVIUS POLLIO, Marcus — (first century BC) The Roman architectural writer, best known for his De Re Architectura, who defined various attributes of Etruscan architecture, including the Tuscan order … Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans
