pliny
pliny — noun
1. a Roman military officer and scholar (23–79 AD) who put together an enormous enc
a Roman military officer and scholar (23–79 AD) who put together an enormous encyclopedia called Natural History, gathering everything Romans knew about animals, plants, geography, and medicine into a single work.
Pliny the Elder died at Stabiae during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Professor Okonkwo assigned a chapter from Pliny the Elder's Natural History.
collocation: Pliny the Elder's Natural History
The medical recipes recorded by Pliny the Elder show how Romans treated illness.
Harper found a reference to elephants in Pliny the Elder for her essay.
According to Pliny the Elder, the best cinnamon grew in a lake guarded by bats.
用法筆記
In classical scholarship, 'Pliny' without an epithet usually refers to Pliny the Elder by default. The epithet 'the Elder' is always used in general contexts to distinguish him from his nephew.
常見錯誤
2. a Roman senator and author (c. 61–c. 113 AD) whose surviving letters give a deta
a Roman senator and author (c. 61–c. 113 AD) whose surviving letters give a detailed, personal view of Roman daily life, politics, and the early Christian community. He was raised and later adopted by his uncle, Pliny the Elder.
Pliny the Younger described the eruption of Vesuvius in a letter to Tacitus.
collocation: Pliny the Younger described... in a letter
Ramón compared a letter by Pliny the Younger with a modern travel essay.
As governor, Pliny the Younger asked Trajan how to treat Christians.
Nikhil read Pliny the Younger's account of the villa at Laurentum.
In one letter, Pliny the Younger begged Tacitus to make his uncle famous.
用法筆記
Always referred to as 'Pliny the Younger' to distinguish him from his uncle. His letters are a key primary source for Roman social history and for the earliest non-Christian references to Jesus's followers.