De verborum significatione
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De verborum significatione libri XX[lower-alpha 1] ('Twenty Books on the Meaning of Words'), also known as the Lexicon of Festus,[3] is an epitome compiled, edited, and annotated by Sextus Pompeius Festus from the encyclopedic works of Verrius Flaccus. Festus' epitome is typically dated to the 2nd century,[4] but the work only survives in an incomplete 11th-century manuscript and copies of its own separate epitome.
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Author | Sextus Pompeius Festus |
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Genre | Epitome, encyclopedia |
Publication date | 2nd century |
Publication place | Ancient Rome |
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