Pliny
1. Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113) • Syn: Pliny the Younger, Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus • Instance Hypernyms: writer, author 2. Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79) • Syn: Pliny the Elder, Gaius Plinius Secundus • Instance Hypernyms: writer, author
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