pliny the younger

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   Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113)

   SynonymsPlinyGaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus

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Questions about pliny the younger

What does pliny the younger mean?

pliny the younger means "Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113)".

What is another word for pliny the younger?

Close synonyms include Pliny, Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pliny the younger a common word?

pliny the younger is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.