Pliny - Definition
pliny
n 1: Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books
of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113)
[syn: Pliny, Pliny the Younger, Gaius Plinius
Caecilius Secundus]
2: Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while
observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79) [syn: Pliny,
Pliny the Elder, Gaius Plinius Secundus]