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Charisius

Charisius · m

A Greek orator

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What it meant

Chărĭsĭus — Lewis & Short

Chărĭsĭus, ĭi, m., = *xari/sios.

I A Greek orator, imitator of Lysias, Cic. Brut. 83, 286; Quint. 10, 1, 70.—
II Flavius Sosipater Charisius, a Latin grammarian in the fourth Christian century.
III A Roman jurist of the time of Constantine the Great.

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  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. Charisius (scan p. 30; entry #132).

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