Grammatici Latini

The eight volumes of the Grammatici Latini are an outstanding monument of nineteenth-century German philology.

Heinrich Keil (Edited by), Martin Hertz (Edited by)

9781108006378, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 21 January 2010

636 pages
22.9 x 3.6 x 15.2 cm, 0.92 kg

The eight volumes of the Grammatici Latini, published by Teubner between 1855 and 1880 under the general editorship of Heinrich Keil (1822–1894), are an outstanding monument of nineteenth-century German philology. Keil published editions of Propertius and of Pliny's letters before turning to the works of the Latin grammarians, whose attempts to define and describe their own language have influenced the way in which modern researchers in language and linguistics have approached their discipline. Keil's only predecessor in this field was Helias Putsch, who in 1605 published Grammaticae Latinae auctores antiqui; Keil uses the same order in which to present his versions of the texts. The second volume contains the first twelve books of Priscian's Institutiones Grammaticae.

Preface
Prisciani institutionum grammaticarum libri I–XII.

Subject Areas: Language: history & general works [CBX]