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Longinus

Syllabification: (Lon·gi·nus)
Pronunciation: /länˈjīnəs/
Definition of Longinus
  • (fl. 1st century ad), Greek scholar. He is the supposed author of a Greek literary treatise On the Sublime, concerned with the moral function of literature.

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