[
US
/ˈbɹutəs/
]
NOUN
- statesman of ancient Rome who (with Cassius) led a conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar (85-42 BC)
How To Use Brutus In A Sentence
- The character who seems most conscious that the ides of March falls within Lent is Brutus, especially in his account of the manner in which the assassination should be conducted.
- Otis and Brutus hanging with me on the koppie: 21 31.035 S, 16 17.802 E Animal Planet: August 2008
- Brutus declaimed from the steps of the Roman senate building.
- And now for my felfe, I am come vnto thee, hauing deoeiaed theic men ofarmes here, bearing them downe that I was Brutus: and doe not refufe to fufier any torment thou wilt put me to. The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of ...
- Picture a Julius Caesar recovered from his murderous assault to confront a repentant Brutus, who must painfully work out the consequences of his actions.
- Octavius, nephew of Julius Caesar, Antony, and Lepidus, united as triumvirs, oppose the forces raised by Brutus and Cassius.
- -- "His aim," said Brutus, "was to be admired as an _Attic_ Orator: and to this we must attribute that accurate exility of style, which he constantly affected. Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker.
- After 1792 the trappings of Roman republicanism became fashionable, with fasces and axes; and stern ancient patriots like Brutus, Scaevola, and Cato, familiar to all men of education, were much invoked.
- Howard Saddler plays Cassius with steely determination(sentence dictionary), persuasive in his arguments that initially draw Brutus into the conspiracy.
- His objective in writing it was to defend the reputation of Dante, who, rather than according immortality to Cassius and Brutus as tyrannicides, had deemed them murderers and relegated them to the lowest circles of the Inferno.