HyperDic: pliny_the_elder

English > 1 sense of the expression *Pliny the Elder*:
NOUN	person	Pliny the Elder, Pliny, Gaius Plinius Secundus	Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history

English > *Pliny the Elder*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing / observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79).
Synonyms	Pliny, Gaius Plinius Secundus
Instance of	writer, author	Writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
Spanish	Plinio
Catalan	Gaius Plinius Secundus, Plini el Vell, Plini, Pliny