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Grotius
[ groh-shee-uhs ]
noun
- Hugo Huig de Groot, 1583–1645, Dutch jurist and statesman.
Grotius
/ ˈɡrəʊtɪəs /
noun
- GrotiusHugo15831645MDutchLAW: juristPOLITICS: statesman Hugo, original name Huig de Groot. 1583–1645, Dutch jurist and statesman, whose De Jure Belli ac Pacis (1625) is regarded as the foundation of modern international law
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Derived Forms
- ˈGrotianism, noun
- ˈGrotian, adjective
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Other Words From
- Gro·tian [groh, -sh, uh, n, -shee-, uh, n], adjective
- Grotian·ism noun
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Example Sentences
There is a remarkable group of portraits by Rubens—himself, his brother, Lipsius, and Grotius—and a large landscape by him.
There were several branches of the Cornets: one settled in Provence, as we are informed by Grotius.
From all these different calculations it is manifest that Grotius was born in 1583.
It was therefore on the tenth of April in the year 1583, that Grotius was born, at Delft.
The young Grotius, like Horace, has celebrated his gratefulness for so good a father in some verses still extant.
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