Associations to the word «Pliny»

Wiktionary

PLINY, proper noun. An ancient Roman praenomen.

Dictionary definition

PLINY, noun. Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113).
PLINY, noun. Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79).

Wise words

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