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