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AMBROGIO CALEPINO (1435-1511)

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AMBROGIO

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

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