Ovid

/ˈɑvɪd/
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Definitions of Ovid
  1. noun
    Roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 BC - AD 17)
    synonyms: Publius Ovidius Naso
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    a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
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