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Donatus

noun
1.
Roman grammarian whose textbook on Latin grammar was used throughout the Middle Ages (fourth century).  Synonym: Aelius Donatus.






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... first mature example appears in the "Soul's Fight" of Prudentius, the Christian poet, who was a contemporary of Claudian. The school study of the classics produced grammars, and two authors became chiefly celebrated in this branch, namely, Donatus and Priscian. Their books were standards through the Dark ...
— Anglo-Saxon Literature • John Earle



Words linked to "Donatus" :   grammarian, syntactician



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