pliny
IPA: pɫˈɪni
Root Word: Pliny
noun
- An ancient Roman praenomen.
- Pliny the Elder, Gaius Plinius Secundus (23–79 AD): an ancient Roman nobleman, scientist and historian, author of Naturalis Historia, "Pliny's Natural History".
- Pliny the Younger, Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (63–circa 113): an ancient Roman statesman, orator, and writer, a great-nephew of Pliny the Elder.
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Examples of "pliny" in Sentences
- The selection from Pliny if flawed.
- Pliny obviously knew the real animal.
- Pliny is definitely in that tradition.
- Pliny and an inscription call it a colony.
- I will look into that as a possible image of Pliny.
- Please refer to the Pliny articles for confirmation.
- Pliny also refers to the murder, and was a contemporary.
- There is an allusion to it in the letter of Pliny the Younger.
- Pliny the Elder adopted a more skeptical view of the cinnamon bird.
- And ditto with any data in the Pliny the Elder article about Pliny the Younger.
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