Plinius
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Plīnĭus: i, m.,
I Pliny, name of a Roman gens. The most celebrated are,
I 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.—
II 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.—
III 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Plīnĭus,¹² ĭī, m.,
1 Pline l’Ancien (C. Plinius Secundus Major) mort lors de l’éruption du Vésuve en 79
2 Pline le Jeune (C. Plinius Cæcilius Secundus Junior), neveu du précédent, dont il nous reste des lettres et le Panégyrique de Trajan : Mart. 10, 19, 3
3 Plinius Valerianus, médecin du temps de Constantin || -nĭānus, a, um, de Pline [personnage inconnu] : Plin. 15, 103.
