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Using Piccolomini

  • In the example corpus, piccolomini often appears in combinations such as: piccolomini was, silvio piccolomini.

Context around Piccolomini

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 4 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

silvio 2× cardinalate 1× agostino 1× bandini 1× octavio 1× francesco 1×

Often after:

managed 1× set 1× altered 1× published 1× library 1× expanded 1×

Sentence patterns with Piccolomini

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and francesco piccolomini expanded on 1× by octavio piccolomini managed to 1× cardinalate piccolomini was the 1× enea silvio piccolomini in prizren 1× francesco bandini piccolomini a distant 1× general silvio piccolomini set fire 1× in the piccolomini library in 1× of agostino piccolomini 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

cardinalate piccolomini was 1× his most important 1× however an imperial 1× in 1689 austrians 1× in early november 1× piccolomini altered it 1×

Common sentence endings:

a distant relative 1× duomo in siena 1× end the epidemic 1× of agostino piccolomini 1× or overly virtuous 1× position remained fragile 1×

Words around Piccolomini

Just before it in the word index:

piccolo 84 piccolino 3 piccoli 8 piccola 9 picco 4 piccirillo 4

Just after it in the word index:

piccolos 3 piccotts 2 picea 5 piceance 3 picente 3 picha 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 14 aamer 14 aave 14 abadan 14 abdelmadjid 14 abdulkarim 14

Corpus analysis for Piccolomini

  • In this selection, "piccolomini" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, silvio, cardinalate, agostino, managed, set and altered stand out and add context to how "piccolomini" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and francesco piccolomini expanded on and by octavio piccolomini managed to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "piccolomini" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with piccolomini

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Piccolomini was made the archdeacon of Brabant in Cambrai in 1462 and he held that until 1503. (17 words)

Piccolomini altered it to some extent, removing words, phrases and whole passages that were unflattering to his relative. (18 words)

Cardinalate Piccolomini was the administrator of the Archdiocese of Siena which his uncle had raised to the status of archbishopric. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

In early November, Arsenije III met with Habsburg commander-in-chief, General Enea Silvio Piccolomini in Prizren ; after this talk he sent a note to all Serb bishops to come to him and collaborate only with Habsburg forces. (38 words)

Piccolomini published it under the name of scribe Gobellinus, who was then misattributed as the author, a natural mistake because Pius II chose to write Commentaries from the third-person perspective. (31 words)

In 1689, Austrians seized Skopje which was already weakened by a cholera epidemic. citation The same day, general Silvio Piccolomini set fire to the city to end the epidemic. (29 words)

Example sentences (11)

Cardinalate Piccolomini was the administrator of the Archdiocese of Siena which his uncle had raised to the status of archbishopric.

He was made the administrator of Fermo in 1485 and resigned the position in 1494 in favor of Agostino Piccolomini.

His most important and longest work is his autobiography Commentaries in 13 books, first published in 1584 by Cardinal Francesco Bandini Piccolomini, a distant relative.

However, an Imperial army led by Octavio Piccolomini managed to check the Franco-Swedish army in Bavaria, though their position remained fragile.

In 1689, Austrians seized Skopje which was already weakened by a cholera epidemic. citation The same day, general Silvio Piccolomini set fire to the city to end the epidemic.

In early November, Arsenije III met with Habsburg commander-in-chief, General Enea Silvio Piccolomini in Prizren ; after this talk he sent a note to all Serb bishops to come to him and collaborate only with Habsburg forces.

Piccolomini altered it to some extent, removing words, phrases and whole passages that were unflattering to his relative.

Piccolomini published it under the name of scribe Gobellinus, who was then misattributed as the author, a natural mistake because Pius II chose to write Commentaries from the third-person perspective.

Piccolomini was made the archdeacon of Brabant in Cambrai in 1462 and he held that until 1503.

Reputation and legacy One of the many frescoes of Pius II located in the ' Piccolomini library ' in the Duomo in Siena.

Torquato Tasso and Francesco Piccolomini expanded on Aristotle’s definition and declared that for someone to be considered heroic one has to be perfectly or overly virtuous.

Common combinations with piccolomini

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

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