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}]