Terentianus
2nd-century Roman linguist, grammarian and writer
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Terentianus, surnamed Maurus ('of Mauretania'), was a Latin grammarian and writer on prosody who flourished probably at the end of the 2nd century AD. He wrote De litteris, syllabis et metris Horatii, on the poetry of Horace.
Quotes
edit- Habent sua fata libelli.
- Books have their own destinies.
- De syllabis, 1, 1286
