Cloatius Verus
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| Known for | grammarian |
Cloatius Verus (d. 62 or 63) was a Roman grammarian who lived in the 1st century.
Biography
[edit | edit source]He was born and lived in first century Rome.[1]
Career
[edit | edit source]He is chiefly notable for being a grammarian and for having written several treatises on the meanings of Greek words and on Latin words derived from Greek language.[1]
Sources
[edit | edit source]Some of the works of Cloatius Verus have been preserved by Macrobius.[2]
In the Oxford Classical Dictionary, he is described thus: "Augustan lexicographer and antiquarian who wrote on the meanings of Greek words and on Latin words derived from Greek. He is probably the ‘Cloatius’ whom *Verrius Flaccus cites (with L. *Aelius) on Latin sacral terms."[1]
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- VIAF
- Gellius | Noctes Atticae | XVI | 12 – LateinLex
- A Latin Dictionary - Wikisource, the free online library
- Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics
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