Marc Verrius Flaccus ( lat. Marcus Verrius Flaccus ; c. 55 BC. - 20 AD ) - Roman grammar and teacher of the second half of the 1st century BC. e., who lived under Augusta and Tiberius .
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| lat Marcus Verrius Flaccus | |
 Debris (on marble) from the calendar compiled by Verri for the city of Prenesta | |
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| Scientific field | pedagogy grammar , linguistics |
| Known as | author of the dictionary "On the Meaning of Words" ( lat. De Verborum Significatu ) |
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Biography
Verrius Flaccus was a freedman .
Verri's pedagogical method was to stimulate competition between students, the best of which he gave valuable books as a reward. Augustus instructed Verri to educate his grandchildren, with a salary of 100 thousand sesterces a year.
Died during the reign of Tiberius .
Proceedings
The scientific and literary activity of Veria was very extensive, but only reached us:
- debris (on marble) from the calendar compiled by him for the city of Prenesta , where a statue of Verria was erected on the square,
- excerpts from his vocabulary “On the Meaning of Words” ( De verborum significatu , explanatory dictionary, including obscure and outdated words and expressions, with data on the state, legal and religious life of Rome ), in the processing of Festus and Paul the Deacon ( VIII century ) .
In addition, there are references to his lost works:
- "On the dark expressions of Cato " (De obscuris Catonis), who lived almost 2 centuries before Verri;
- “On spelling” (De orthographia), by virtue of which spelling has been considered as grammatical discipline;
- “Letters on philological questions” (Epistulae);
- Saturnus, an essay on religious antiquities;
- “Etruscans” (Res Etruscae), where, apparently, the influence of this people on the Romans was considered;
- "Memorable" (Rerum memoria dignarum libri), where the Verry carried especially interesting facts. Pliny the Elder used this work for his Natural History .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 BNF ID : 2011 open data platform .
Literature
- Flaccus Verry // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 t. (82 t. And 4 add.). - SPb. , 1890-1907.