| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Pliny |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Plin·y |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  pl n  |
| DATES: | a.d. 23–79 |
| VARIANTS: | Originally Gaius Plinius Secundus.Known as “the Elder.” |
| Roman scholar and naturalist. He wrote the 37-volume Historia Naturalis. His nephew Pliny (originally Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, a.d. 62?–113?), known as “the Younger,” was a consul and writer whose letters provide valuable information about Roman life.
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