GELLENIUS, SIGISMUND, a learned and excellent
man, born of a good family at Prague, about the year
1498. Erasmus conceiving an esteem for him at Ba-
sil, recommended him to John Frobenius as a correct-
or for his printing-house; which laborious charge
he accepted, and had a great number of Hebrew,
Greek, and Latin books to correct: he also translated
many works himself from the Greek into Latin; and
published a dictionary in four languages, Greek, La-
tin, German, and Selavonian. Profitable and honour-
able employments were offered him in other places;
but nothing could tempt him to quit his peaceful situa-
tion at Basil. He died in 1555. All his translations
are highly esteemed.