Maecenas

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Derived from Middle French mecenas, and its source, Latin Maecēnās (“literary patron”), from the name of Gaius Maecenas (c. 70–8 BCE), Roman statesman and patron of Horace and Virgil.

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: мецена́т (mecenát) — a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art
• Catalan: mecenes — a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art
• Dutch: mecenas — a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art
• Esperanto: mecenato — a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art
• Finnish: mesenaatti — a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art
• French: mécène — a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art
• Georgian: მეცენატი (mecenaṭi) — a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art
• German: Mäzen — a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art
• German: Mäzenin — a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art
• Hungarian: mecénás — a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art
• Hungarian: műbarát — a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art
• Hungarian: művészetpártoló — a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art
• Italian: mecenàte — a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art
• Polish: mecenas — a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art
• Portuguese: mecenas — a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art
• Sicilian: micinati — a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art
• Spanish: mecenas — a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art
• Vietnamese: Mạnh Thường quân — a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art