pliny

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pliny — 名詞

1. a Roman military officer and scholar (23–79 AD) who put together an enormous enc

1.名詞
釋義

老普林尼

古羅馬學者，著有《自然史》

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.

例句

Pliny the Elder died at Stabiae during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

老普林尼在維蘇威火山爆發時，死於斯塔比亞城。

Professor Okonkwo assigned a chapter from Pliny the Elder's Natural History.

Okonkwo 教授指定閱讀老普林尼《自然史》的一個章節。

collocation: Pliny the Elder's Natural History

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

❌Pliny the Younger wrote the Natural History.
✅Pliny the Elder wrote the Natural History.
💡The nephew was a letter-writer and administrator; the uncle compiled the encyclopedia.

2. a Roman senator and author (c. 61–c. 113 AD) whose surviving letters give a deta

2.名詞
釋義

小普林尼

老普林尼之姪，以書信聞名

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.

例句

Pliny the Younger described the eruption of Vesuvius in a letter to Tacitus.

小普林尼在寫給塔西佗的信中，描述了維蘇威火山的爆發。

collocation: Pliny the Younger described... in a letter

Ramón compared a letter by Pliny the Younger with a modern travel essay.

Ramón 將小普林尼的一封信與一篇現代旅行散文做了比較。

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.

常見錯誤

❌Pliny the Elder was governor of Bithynia.
✅Pliny the Younger was governor of Bithynia.
💡The nephew held this post and wrote to Trajan from it; the uncle died before Trajan's reign.