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Caesar¹ Definition

Cae·sar (zər)

noun

  1. the title of the emperor of Rome from Augustus to Hadrian, or of the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
  2. any of the Roman emperors
  3. any emperor or dictator

Etymology: after (Gaius) Julius Caesar

Caesar² Definition

Cae·sar (zər)

Caesar, (Gaius) Julius 100?-44 ; Rom. general & statesman; dictator (49-44) of the Roman Empire

Etymology: L Caesar, said to be < caesus, pp. of caedere, to cut down (see -cide), but prob. of Etr orig.

Caesar Quotes

   And graven with diamonds in letters plain There is written, her fair neck round about: Noli me tangere, for Caesar's I am, And wild for to hold, though I seem tame. See Bible118:23.

—Wyatt, SirThomas (the Elder)

Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.

—Caesar, Irving

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

—Bible (NewTestament)

Aut Caesar, aut nihil. Either Caesar or nothing.

—Borgia, Cesare

The strongest poison ever known Came from Ceasar's laurel crown.

—Blake,William

Our master Caesar is in the tent Where the maps are spread, His eyes fixed upon nothing, A hand under his head. 934 Like a long-legged fly upon the stream His mind moves upon silence.

—Yeats,W(illiam) B(utler)

Religion Caesar never knew Thy posterity shall sway, Where his eagles never flew, None as invincible as they.

—Cowper,William

Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.

—Bible (NewTestament)

What millions diedöthat Caesar might be great!

—Campbell,Thomas

Give, you gods, Give to your boy, your Caesar, The rattle of a globe to play withal, Thisgewgaw world, and put him cheaply off: I'll not be pleased with less than Cleopatra.

—Dryden,John