Charisius

Charisius was a Roman grammarian of the 4th century AD (full name: Flavius ​​Sosipater Charisius ). His ars grammatica, a Latin grammar in five books, was probably published AD under the emperor Julian, ie 361-363 AD.

Charisius turns with his work to an audience whose native language is not Latin, and served so far a need that existed primarily in the Greek-speaking east of the empire. His son was a Greek native speakers.

His grammar has a pronounced kompilatorischen Character: Large parts consist of excerpts from older textbooks; the main sources include the grammarians Cominianus and Quintus Remmius Palaemon ( which is not to say that Charisius Palaemons work has used directly ). A number of other grammatical works are cited, so that it is possible with his help, to some extent, to reconstruct earlier stages in the development of Latin grammar. This fact made ​​sure that Charisius was (like his contemporary Diomedes ) in the early modern period greatly appreciated.