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|lnetxt=Plinius Plini N M :: Pliny; (Roman gens name); (C. Plinius Secundus, author of Natural History)<br />Plinius Plinius Plinia, Plinium ADJ :: Plinius; (Roman gens); (C. Plinius Secundus/Pliny, author of Natural History)
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Plīnĭus</b>: i, m.,<br /><b>I</b> Pliny, [[name]] of a Roman [[gens]]. The [[most]] [[celebrated]] are,<br /><b>I</b> C. [[Plinius]] [[Secundus]], also called Major (the Elder), [[author]] of an encyclopedical [[work]] in 37 books, [[who]] [[lost]] his [[life]] in an [[eruption]] of [[Vesuvius]], A. D. 79.—<br /><b>II</b> His [[nephew]], C. [[Plinius]] [[Caecilius]], also called Junior (the Younger), [[author]] of Letters and a Pane gyric on the [[emperor]] Trajan: [[facundus]], Mart. 10, 19, 3.—<br /><b>III</b> [[Plinius]] [[Valerianus]], a [[physician]] in the [[time]] of the [[emperor]] Constantine.—Hence, Plīnĭānus, a, um, adj., belonging to or named [[after]] a Pling, Plinian: rasa, Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 103.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Plīnĭus</b>,¹² ĭī, m.,<br /><b>1</b> Pline l’Ancien (C.&nbsp;[[Plinius]] [[Secundus]] [[Major]]) mort lors de l’éruption du Vésuve en 79<br /><b>2</b> Pline le Jeune (C.&nbsp;[[Plinius]] Cæcilius [[Secundus]] Junior), neveu du précédent, dont il nous reste des lettres et le Panégyrique de Trajan : Mart. 10, 19, 3<br /><b>3</b> [[Plinius]] [[Valerianus]], médecin du temps de Constantin &#124;&#124; <b>-nĭānus</b>, a, um, de Pline [personnage inconnu] : Plin. 15, 103.||<b>-nĭānus</b>, a, um, de Pline [personnage inconnu] : Plin. 15, 103.
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{{Georges
|georg=Plīnius, iī, [[Name]] [[einer]] röm. [[gens]], aus der am bekanntesten C. [[Plinius]] [[Secundus]] ([[auch]] Maior, der ältere), wahrsch. aus Komo, [[Verfasser]] [[einer]] [[noch]] vorhandenen Naturgeschichte in 37 Büchern, der seinen [[Tod]] 79 n. Chr. beim [[Ausbruch]] [[des]] Vesuvs fand, Plin. ep. 6, 16. Vgl. W. Teuffel Gesch. der röm. Liter.<sup>6</sup> § 312 u. § 313. – u. [[dessen]] Adoptivsohn C. [[Plinius]] [[Caecilius]] [[Secundus]], [[sein]] [[Schwestersohn]] ([[auch]] Iunior, der jüngere, [[gen]].), [[unter]] Trajan [[Statthalter]] in Bithynien, [[Verfasser]] [[von]] [[noch]] vorhandenen Briefen u. eines Panegyrikus ([[Lobrede]]) [[auf]] den [[Kaiser]] Trajan. Vgl. W. Teuffel Gesch. der röm. Liter.<sup>6</sup> § 340. – [[Plinius]] [[Valerianus]], [[ein]] [[Arzt]] [[kurz]] [[vor]] den Zeiten Konstantins.
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