Gracchus is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Gracchus in a sentence
Gracchus meaning
a Roman cognomen
Using Gracchus
- The main meaning on this page is: a Roman cognomen
Context around Gracchus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gracchus
- In this selection, "gracchus" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, senator, styled, hunter, babeuf and support stand out and add context to how "gracchus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include fictional senator gracchus in gladiator and of tiberius gracchus support to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gracchus" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gracchus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Guy Davenport, The Hunter Gracchus and Other Papers on Literature and Art, Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, 1996. (17 words)
Fear and wonder,” remarked the fictional Senator Gracchus in Gladiator, “are a powerful combination” when it comes to controlling people. (20 words)
Babeuf – now self-styled Gracchus Babeuf – defended the fallen Terror politicians with the stated goal of achieving equality "in fact" and not only "by proclamation". (25 words)
Historian Michael Crawford attributes the disappearance of much of Tiberius Gracchus' support to the reduced level of citizen participation due to dispersal far from Rome, and sees his tribunate as marking a step in the Hellenization of Roman aristocracy. (39 words)
Babeuf – now self-styled Gracchus Babeuf – defended the fallen Terror politicians with the stated goal of achieving equality "in fact" and not only "by proclamation". (25 words)
Fear and wonder,” remarked the fictional Senator Gracchus in Gladiator, “are a powerful combination” when it comes to controlling people. (20 words)
Example sentences (4)
Fear and wonder,” remarked the fictional Senator Gracchus in Gladiator, “are a powerful combination” when it comes to controlling people.
Babeuf – now self-styled Gracchus Babeuf – defended the fallen Terror politicians with the stated goal of achieving equality "in fact" and not only "by proclamation".
Guy Davenport, The Hunter Gracchus and Other Papers on Literature and Art, Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, 1996.
Historian Michael Crawford attributes the disappearance of much of Tiberius Gracchus' support to the reduced level of citizen participation due to dispersal far from Rome, and sees his tribunate as marking a step in the Hellenization of Roman aristocracy.