Flavius Caper
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Flavius Caper, Latin
grammar
ian, flourished during the 2nd century.
He devoted special attention to the early Latin writers, and is highly spoken of by Priscian
. Caper was the author of two works—De Lingua Latina and De Dubiis Generibus. These works in their original form are lost; but two short treatises entitled De Orthographia (by Agroecius
) and De Verbis Dubiis have come down to us under his name, probably excerpts from the original works, with later additions by an unknown writer.
See F Osann, De Flavio Capro (1849), and review by W Christ
in Philologus, xviii. 165–170 (1862), where several editions of other important grammarians are noticed; G Keil, De Flavio Grammatico, in Dissertationes Halenses, x. (1889); text in H Keil's Grammatici Latini, vii.
Latin
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grammar
Grammar
In linguistics, grammar is the set of structural rules that govern the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in any given natural language. The term refers also to the study of such rules, and this field includes morphology, syntax, and phonology, often complemented by phonetics, semantics,...
ian, flourished during the 2nd century.
He devoted special attention to the early Latin writers, and is highly spoken of by Priscian
Priscian
Priscianus Caesariensis , commonly known as Priscian, was a Latin grammarian. He wrote the Institutiones grammaticae on the subject...
. Caper was the author of two works—De Lingua Latina and De Dubiis Generibus. These works in their original form are lost; but two short treatises entitled De Orthographia (by Agroecius
Agroecius, bishop of Sens
Agroecius or Agroetius was an ancient Gaul who was bishop of Sens. He was also a grammarian, and the author of an extant work in Latin, De Orthographia et Differentia Sermonis, intended as a supplement to a work on the same subject by Flavius Caper...
) and De Verbis Dubiis have come down to us under his name, probably excerpts from the original works, with later additions by an unknown writer.
See F Osann, De Flavio Capro (1849), and review by W Christ
Wilhelm von Christ
Wilhelm von Christ , German classical scholar, was born in Geisenheim in Hesse-Nassau.From 1854 till 1860 he taught in the Maximiliansgymnasium at Munich, and in 1861 was appointed professor of classical philology in the university....
in Philologus, xviii. 165–170 (1862), where several editions of other important grammarians are noticed; G Keil, De Flavio Grammatico, in Dissertationes Halenses, x. (1889); text in H Keil's Grammatici Latini, vii.