fl. c. A.D. 500 Byzantine grammarian whose works include a long poem concerning the Roman weights and measures. Also useful for historical purposes are his Latin grammar textbooks, which include quotes from esteemed Greek and Roman thinkers and...

Priscianus Caesariensis (fl. 500 AD), commonly known as Priscian, was a Latin grammarian. He wrote the Institutiones grammaticae ("Grammatical Foundations") on the subject. This work was the standard textbook for the study of Latin during the Middle...

PRISCIAN. Priscian: On Theophrastus' On Sense-Perception; with "Simplicius": On Aristotle's On the Soul 2.5-12. Translated by Pamela Huby and Carlos Steel. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1997. ix + 261 pp. Cloth, $49.95--This volume includes an element that is a departure in this series,...