Priscian
Americannoun
noun
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Alfred had taught himself Latin by translating: there were few vocabularies, and only the crabbed grammar of old Priscian.
From Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune by A. D. (Augustine David) Crake
He devoted special attention to the early Latin writers, and is highly spoken of by Priscian.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
The school study of the classics produced grammars, and two authors became chiefly celebrated in this branch, 8namely, Donatus and Priscian.
From Anglo-Saxon Literature by John Earle
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 Robert S. Rait
Priscian, Latin grammarian of the 6th century, born in Cæsarea; was author of "Grammatical Commentaries" in 18 books, a standard work during the Middle Ages, and in universal use at that time.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
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