Lessico
Diogeniano di Eraclea
Grammatico
greco del II sec. dC. È autore di un Lessico, utilizzato da tutti i
grammatici successivi, sino all'autore del lessico Suda o Suida.
Diogenianus
Diogenianus
was a Greek grammarian from Heraclea in Pontus (or in
Caria) who flourished during the reign of Hadrian. He was the author of an
alphabetical lexicon, chiefly of poetical words, abridged from the great
lexicon of Pamphilus of Alexandria
(AD
50) and other similar works. It was also known by the title The use of "industrious
poor students".
It
formed the basis of the lexicon, or rather glossary, of Hesychius of
Alexandria, which
is described in the preface as a new edition of the work of Diogenianus. We
still possess a collection of proverbs under his name, probably an abridgment
of the collection made by himself from his lexicon (ed. by Ernst von Leutsch
and Friedrich Wilhelm Schneidewin in Paroemiographi Graeci, 1. 1839).
Diogenianus was also the author of an Anthology of epigrams, of treatises on
rivers, lakes, fountains and promontories; and of a list (with map) of all the
towns in the world.