Priscian
Americannoun
noun
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In the lowest story he begins his course in Donatus under a Bachelor of Arts armed with the birch; in the next he is promoted to Priscian.
From Life in the Medieval University by Rait, Robert S.
Priscian says, that Terence used more licenses than any other writer.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John
Octavius Horatianus, whom most of us know better as Priscian, dedicated one of his books on medicine to a woman physician named Victoria.
From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by Walsh, James Joseph
The grammar of Donatus dominated the schools of the middle ages, and, along with the productions of Priscian, formed the type and source of the Latin and Greek school-grammars of modern Europe.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
May Priscian himself be my enemy if what I am now going to say be not exactly true.
From In Praise of Folly Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts by Erasmus, Desiderius
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