Arusianus Messius
Arusianus Messius, or Messus, Latin grammarian, flourished in the 4th century.
Life
He was the author of a small extant work Exempla Elocutionum, dedicated to Olybrius and Probinus, consuls for the year 395. It contains an alphabetical list, chiefly of verbs admitting more than one construction, with examples from each of the four writers, Virgil, Sallust, Terence and Cicero.[1]
Cassiodorus, the only writer who mentions Arusianus, refers to it by the term Quadriga.[1]
References
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Arusianus Messius". Encyclopædia Britannica 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Sources
- Heinrich Keil, Grammatici Latini, vii.
- WHD Suringar, Historia Critica Scholiastarum Latinorum (1834–1835)
- Van der Hoeven, Specimen Literarium (1845)
External links
|
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, February 19, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.