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Pris⋅ci⋅an

  [prish-ee-uhn, prish-uhn]
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–noun
fl. a.d. c500, Latin grammarian.
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Pris·cian   (prĭsh'ən, -ē-ən)   
Latin grammarian at Constantinople whose text Institutiones Grammaticae was used throughout medieval Europe.
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Priscian 
from L. Priscianus, name of a celebrated Roman grammarian (c.500-530); hence to break Priscian's head (c.1525) "to violate rules of grammar" (L. diminuere Prisciani caput).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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