Pliny

plíny English + the Elder + the Younger Alternative forms en Plinius Etymology Ultimately from en la Plīnius, an en itc - name of obscure origin. Pronunciation en /ˈplɪni/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Pliny.wav US en ɪni 2 Proper noun s ies An ancient Roman praenomen. en 1828 Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine 24 147 The two Plinys, Lucan, (though again under the disadvantage of verse) Petronius Arbiter, and Quintilian, but above all, the Senecas, (for a Spanish cross appears to improve the quality of the rhetorician) have left a body of rhetorical composition such as no modern nation has rivalled. en 1836 Thomas Frognall Dibdin Reminiscences of a Literary Life Of Q. Curtius, the Demosthenes (both), Eutropius, Horace (first with a date), Homer, Justin, Livy, the two Plinies, Quintilian, Martial, Tacitus, and Virgil, the first editions; but my friend must not be allowed to have a succession of nights of undisturbed repose till he possesses the first Horace, and the first Roman edition of Virgil. 27 October 1998 Suzy Menkes Russian Heritage:Inspiration in Gold, Humanity in Ivory https://archive.ph/feGGg https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/27/style/IHT-russian-heritageinspiration-in-gold-humanity-in-ivory.html 10 November 2025 The Scythian collection is designed not just to echo a past civilization, recorded in the classical works of Herodotos and Pliny; it is also intended as a clarion call to the Russians to look to their jewelry heritage and their wealth of precious stones. Pliny the Elder, Gaius Plinius Secundus (23–79 AD): an ancient Roman nobleman, scientist and historian, author of Naturalis Historia, "Pliny's Natural History". en Easy Phraseology for the Use of Those Persons Who Intend to Learn the Colloquial Part of the Italian Language I will leave off all my childish fooleries and diversions, and set about studying with such a rage, that when you come back next year, you may find the tongue I have now in my mouth more forky than that of some serpents mentioned by Pliny the naturalist. 1776 Joseph Baretti 236 Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti Dialogue the Fortieth Joseph Bocca Turin 1835 https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Easy_Phraseology_for_the_Use_of_Those_Pe/nlEVAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Pliny the Younger, Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (63–113 yes): an ancient Roman statesman, orator, and writer, a great-nephew of Pliny the Elder. Derived terms en plinian Plinian Plinydom Plinyism Translations Roman praenomen Armenian: hy Պլինիոս Bulgarian: bg Пли́ний m Catalan: ca Plini Czech: cs Plinius Dutch: nl Plinius Esperanto: eo Plinio Finnish: fi Plinius French: fr Pline Galician: gl Plinio German: de Plinius Italian: it Plinio m Japanese: ja プリーニウス Latin: la Plinius Norwegian: no Plinius Polish: pl Pliniusz m Portuguese: pt Plínio Romanian: ro Plinius, ro Pliniu m Russian: ru Плиний Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Плиније Latin: sh Plinije Slovak: sk Plínius Slovene: sl Plinij Spanish: es Plinio Swedish: sv Plinius Ukrainian: uk Пліній Further reading en Ancient Rome Individuals