Sa·tur·ni·an (s -tûr n - n, s-)adj. 1. Of or relating to the planet Saturn or to its supposed astrological influence. 2. Archaic Of or relating to the god Saturn or his reign. |
Saturnian [sæˈtɜːnɪən]
adj
1. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) of or connected with the Roman god Saturn, whose reign was thought of as a golden age
2. of or relating to the planet Saturn
3. (Literature / Poetry) Prosody denoting a very early verse form in Latin in which the accent was one of stress rather than quantity, there being an equal number of main stresses in each line, regardless of the number of unaccented syllables
n
(Literature / Poetry) a line in Saturnian metre
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