Festus
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Festus was a Roman grammarian and lexicographer best known for his abridged version of Verrius Flaccus’s extensive Latin dictionary, which preserves valuable information about Roman religion, law, and antiquities.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman grammarian
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ancient Roman writer ⓘ lexicographer ⓘ |
| aim | to epitomize Verrius Flaccus’s extensive dictionary ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Roman antiquarian tradition ⓘ |
| basedOn | Verrius Flaccus’s De verborum significatu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cites |
Republican-era authors
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earlier Roman antiquarians ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
preservation of early Latin literature
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study of Roman constitutional history ⓘ study of Roman religious practices ⓘ |
| describes |
Roman festivals
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Roman magistracies ⓘ Roman priesthoods ⓘ archaic Latin vocabulary ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Latin philology
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Roman antiquarian studies ⓘ lexicography ⓘ |
| floruit | 2nd century AD ⓘ |
| genre |
dictionary
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lexicon ⓘ |
| hasApproximateDate | 2nd century AD ⓘ |
| hasLatinName | Sextus Pompeius Festus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Verrius Flaccus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
abridged version of Verrius Flaccus’s Latin dictionary
ⓘ
work on Roman religion, law, and antiquities ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Latin ⓘ |
| laterEditedBy | Paulus Diaconus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | epitome of Verrius Flaccus’s dictionary ⓘ |
| occupation |
grammatian
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lexicographer ⓘ |
| partiallySurvivesAs | fragmentary text ⓘ |
| preserves |
information about Roman antiquities
ⓘ
information about Roman law ⓘ information about Roman religion ⓘ |
| region | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scholarlyRelevance | primary source for lost works of earlier Roman authors ⓘ |
| sourceFor |
Roman institutions and customs
ⓘ
Roman legal terminology ⓘ Roman religious terminology ⓘ |
| textualTransmission | survives in a damaged 11th-century manuscript ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Imperial Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| uses |
antiquarian citations
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etymological explanations ⓘ |
| work | De verborum significatu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingStyle | alphabetical arrangement of entries ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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