Paulo maiora canamus

The Latin expression paulo maiora canamus, translated literally, means let us sing of things a little more elevated (Virgil, Eclogues, IV, 1). The phrase is quoted to shift from frivolous to weighty matters, or from a painful topic to a more consoling one.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ "Paulo maiora canamus - Significato ed etimologia - Vocabolario" [Paulo maiora canamus - Meaning and etymology - Vocabulary]. Treccani (in Italian). Archived from the original on 6 March 2026.
  2. ↑ Chaudhuri, Sukanta (2006). "Paulo maiora canamus: The Transcendence of Pastoral in the Neo-Latin Eclogue". Canadian Review of Comparative Literature. 33 (1–2). ISSN 1913-9659.
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.