Priscian

[ prish-ee-uhn, prish-uhn ]

noun

1. flourished a.d. c500, Latin grammarian.

Priscian

/ ˈprɪʃɪən /

noun

1. Priscian6th century6th centuryMByzantineLANGUAGE: grammarian Latin name Priscianus Caesariensis. 6th century ad , Latin grammarian

Example Sentences

Herodianus enjoyed a great reputation as a grammarian, and Priscian styles him “maximus auctor artis grammaticae.”

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At this period it is most probable that his Excerptio from the grammar of Priscian, long so popular as a text-book during the middle ages, was compiled.

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Charlemagne journeyed in Italy where some schools still existed, and where Priscian, Donatus, Boëtius, Cassiodorus, Augustine, even Virgil and Cicero were read; thence he called teachers to his palace schools; and to Lyons, Orleans or Tours.

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Alcuin was a grammarian; he taught from Priscian and Donatus, improved the eighth century Latin, and probably made Virgil and Cicero known in Gaul and Britain.

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Just as the powerful barbarian stocks adopted Latin in a way that must keep Priscian’s head still in bandages and to this day seriously mar his happiness in the Elysian fields, so have the true Negroes adopted the flexible Bantu languages.

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