Verrius Flaccus - Wikipedia Verrius Flaccus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Roman lexicographer and writer (55 BC-20 AD) This article includes a list of general references, but it remains largely unverified because it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (August 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Marcus Verrius Flaccus (c. 55 BC – AD 20) was a Roman grammarian and teacher who flourished under Augustus and Tiberius. Contents 1 Life 2 Works 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Life[edit] He was a freedman, and his manumitter has been identified with Verrius Flaccus, an authority on pontifical law; but for chronological reasons the name of Veranius Flaccus, a writer on augury, has been suggested (Teuffel-Schwabe, Hist. of Roman Lit. 199, 4). He gained such a reputation by his methods of instruction that he was summoned to court to bring up Gaius and Lucius, the grandsons of Augustus. He removed there with his whole school, and his salary was greatly increased on the condition that he took no fresh pupils. He died at an advanced age during the reign of Tiberius (Suetonius, De Grammaticis, 17), and a statue in his honour was erected at Praeneste, in a marble recess, with inscriptions from his Fasti Praenestini.[1] Works[edit] Section of the Fasti Praenestini Flaccus was also a distinguished philologist and antiquarian investigator. His most important work, De verborum significatu, was the first major alphabetical dictionary in Latin. Though only small fragments remain of the work, it served as the basis for Sextus Pompeius Festus's epitome, also called De verborum significatu. Festus's work was in turn abridged centuries later by Paul the Deacon for the library of Charlemagne. Of the calendar of Roman festivals (Fasti Praenestini) engraved on marble and set up in the forum at Praeneste, some fragments were discovered (1771) at some distance from the town itself in a Christian building of later date, and some consular fasti in the forum itself (1778). The collection was subsequently increased by two new fragments.[1] Other lost works of Flaccus include: De Orthographia: De Obscuris Catonis, an elucidation of obscurities in the writings of Cato the Elder Saturnus, dealing with questions of Roman ritual Rerum memoria dignarum libri, an encyclopaedic work much used by Pliny the Elder Res Etruscae, probably on augury.[1] See also[edit] Quintus Caecilius Epirota References[edit] ^ a b c Chisholm 1911. Attribution:  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Verrius Flaccus, Marcus". Encyclopædia Britannica. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 1038. For the fragments of the Fasti see Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, i. pp. 311; G. Gatti, "Due nuovi Frammenti del Calendario di Verrio Flacco," in Atti della r. Accademia dei Lincei, 5th ser., vol. 5, pt. 2, p. 421 (1898); Winther, De Fastis Verrii Flacci ab Ovidio adhibitis (1885); John Edwin Sandys, Classical Scholarship (ed. 1906), vol. i., index, s.v. "Verrius"; Fragments of Flaccus in KO Müller's edition of Festus; Henry Nettleship, Lectures and Essays. External links[edit] Fragments of Verrius Flaccus's works and testimonia in Latin English translation of Fasti Praenestinini at attalus.org Authority control BNE: XX1150751 BNF: cb16500744d (data) CiNii: DA08297639 GND: 11876814X ISNI: 0000 0000 9304 968X LCCN: n92045025 NKC: ola2013763417 NLG: 232080 NTA: 07011045X SELIBR: 271239 SUDOC: 068916086 Trove: 840616 VIAF: 57410497 WorldCat Identities: lccn-n78088492 Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Verrius_Flaccus&oldid=975749978" Categories: 50s BC births 20 deaths Golden Age Latin writers Grammarians of Latin Ancient Roman antiquarians Lexicographers 1st-century BC educators Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Articles lacking in-text citations from August 2020 All articles lacking in-text citations Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica Wikipedia articles with BNE identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with CINII identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with NKC identifiers Wikipedia articles with NLG identifiers Wikipedia articles with NTA identifiers Wikipedia articles with SELIBR identifiers Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers Wikipedia articles with Trove identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikimedia Commons Languages Asturianu Български Català Čeština Deutsch Eesti Español Esperanto فارسی Français Italiano Magyar Nederlands Polski Português Русский Slovenčina Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Türkçe Українська Edit links This page was last edited on 30 August 2020, at 06:10 (UTC). 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