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GELLIUS

Volume 7 · 80 words · 1797 Edition

(Aulus), a celebrated grammarian, who lived in the 2nd century under Marcus Aurelius and some succeeding emperors. He wrote a collection of observations on authors, for the use of his children; and called it Notae Atticae, because composed in the evenings of a winter he spent at Athens. The chief value of it, is for preserving many facts and monuments of antiquity not to be found elsewhere. Critics and grammarians have bestowed much pains on this writer.

GELLY. See Jelly.