Festus (English spelling) Sextus Pompeius Festus

Japanese: フェストゥス(英語表記)Sextus Pompeius Festus
Festus (English spelling) Sextus Pompeius Festus
Roman grammarian from the late 2nd century. Date of birth and death unknown. Festus' name is known to this day because he summarized and compiled the Latin dictionary On the Meaning of Words written by Verrius Flaccus, a famous grammarian active during the reign of Emperor Augustus about 200 years earlier and who also served as a tutor to the emperor's grandsons. However, entries added by Festus himself are rarely found. On the Meaning of Words compiled by Festus, the words listed were arranged in alphabetical order and the dictionary was compiled into 20 volumes, but only the 12th volume onwards remains.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
2世紀後半のローマの文法家。生没年不詳。フェストゥスの名が今に伝わる理由は,彼よりおよそ200年前のアウグストゥス帝の時代に活躍した著名な文法家で,帝の孫たちの家庭教師もつとめたフラックスVerrius Flaccusが著したラテン語辞典《語の意味について》を要約,編纂したことによっている。しかし,彼自身が書き加えた項目はまれにしか見られない。フェストゥスの編纂した《語の意味について》は記載語をアルファベット順に並べてあり,20巻にまとめられていたが,現存するのは第12巻以降のみである。

出典 株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について 情報

<<:  Festoon (English spelling)

>>:  FES Treaty - FES Treaty

Recommend

The Documents of Iriki

…He later lectured on Japanese history and Europe...

Horned stink bug (horned stink bug) - acanthosomatid bug

A general term for insects of the Hemiptera family...

Urodela

…The tiger salamander family, represented by the ...

Pardon - Onsha

The extinction of all or part of the state's ...

God of the fields - Tanokami

A general term for gods who help rice grow and br...

Catalan Renaissance - Catalan Renaissance

... 19th century Catalonia was also full of energ...

Hepburn - Hebon (English spelling) James Curtis Hepburn

American Presbyterian missionary, physician, and ...

Kyoka Four Heavenly Kings - Kyoka Tennou

…His works, Genchu ​​Yoteki and Gagen Shuran, are...

Aster ageratoides ssp. ovatus

A perennial plant of the Asteraceae family that gr...

Ruyter, Michiel Adriaanszoon de

Born: March 24, 1607, Vlissingen Died: April 29, 1...

Mena (y Medrano), Pedro de

Born: August 20, 1628, Granada [Died] October 13, ...

Iskenderun Steelworks - Iskenderun Steelworks

In 1977, a pipeline was built from the Kirkuk oil...

Saccocirrus labilis (English spelling)

… [Minoru Imajima]. … *Some of the terminology th...

Kaolinite

Al 4 [Si 4 O 10 ](OH) 8 . Also called sclerite. A...

Enmei Jizo - Enmei Jizo

A Buddhist term. An abbreviation of "Enmei Ji...