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AMBROGIO CALEPINO (1435-1511)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 1004 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CALEPINO (1435-1511)  , See also:Italian lexicographer, See also:born at See also:Bergamo in 1435, was descended of an old See also:family of Calepio, whence he took his name . Becoming an Augustinian See also:monk, he devoted his whole See also:life to the See also:composition of a See also:polyglott See also:dictionary, first printed at Reggio in 1502 . This gigantic See also:work was afterwards augmented by See also:Passerat and others . The most See also:complete edition, published at See also:Basel in 1590, comprises no fewer than eleven See also:languages . The best edition is that published at See also:Padua in seven languages in 1772 . See also:Calepino died See also:blind in 1511 ..

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