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PLINY THE ELDER

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• PLINY THE ELDER (noun)
The noun PLINY THE ELDER has 1 sense:

1. Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79)

Familiarity information: PLINY THE ELDER used as a noun is very rare.

• PLINY THE ELDER (noun)

Sense 1

Pliny the Elder ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Gaius Plinius Secundus; Pliny the Elder; Pliny

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

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