See also:

• DIONYSIUS
• DIONYSIUS (c. 432–367 B.C.)

DIONYSIUS See also:

• DIONYSIUS CATO
• CATO, MARCUS PORCIUS (234—149 B.c.)
• CATO, MARCUS PORCIUS (95-46 B.c.)
• CATO, PUBLIUS VALERIUS

CATO  , the supposed author of the Dionysii Catonis Disticha de Moribus ad Filium . The name usually given is simply See also:

• CATO, DIONYSIUS
• CATO, MARCUS PORCIUS (234—149 B.c.)
• CATO, MARCUS PORCIUS (95-46 B.c.)
• CATO, PUBLIUS VALERIUS

Cato, an indication of the See also:

• WISE, HENRY ALEXANDER (1806-1876)
• WISE, ISAAC MAYER (1819-1900)

wise See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of the See also:

• MAXIMS, LEGAL

maxims inculcated, but See also:

• DIONYSIUS
• DIONYSIUS (c. 432–367 B.C.)

Dionysius is added on the authority of a MS. declared by See also:

• SCALIGER

Scaliger to be of See also:

• GREAT

great antiquity . This MS. also contains See also:

• PRISCIAN [PRISCIANUS CAESARIENSIS]

Priscian's See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of the Periegesis of the geographer Dionysius Periegetes; this has probably led to the Disticha also being attributed to him . In the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages the author on the Disticha was supposed to be Cato the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

Elder, who wrote a Carmen de Moribus, but extracts from this in Aulus See also:

• GELLIUS, AULUS (c. A.D. 13o-I8o)

Gellius show that it was in See also:

• PROSE

prose . Nothing is really known of the author or date of the Disticha; it can only be assigned to the 3rd or 4th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century A.D . It is a small collection of moral apophthegms, each consisting of two hexameters, in four books . They are monotheistic in character, not specially See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian . The diction and See also:

• METRE ((terpuc?, sc. rFxvf, from Gr. Or poi', measure)

metre are fairly See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good . The See also:

• BOOK

book had a great reputation in the middle ages, and was translated into many See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages; it is frequently referred to by See also:

• CHAUCER, GEOFFREY (? 1340-1400)

Chaucer, and in 1483 a translation was issued from See also:

• CAXTON, WILLIAM (c. 1422-1491)

Caxton's See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press at See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster . See also:

• EDITIONS

Editions by F . Hauthal (1869), with full See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of See also:

• MSS

MSS. and See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early editions, and G . Nemethy (1895), with See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical notes; see also F .

See also:

• ZARNCKE, FRIEDRICH KARL THEODOR (1825–1891)

Zarncke, Der deutsche Cato (1852), a See also:

• HISTORY

history of middle See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations; J . Nehab, Der altenglische Cato (1879); E . Bischoff, Prolegomena zum sogenannten Dionysius Cato (1893), in which the name is discussed; F . Plessis, Poesie latine (1909), 663; for See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval translations and editions see See also:

• TEUFFEL, WILHELM SIEGMUND (1820–1878)

Teuffel, Hist. of See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Lit . § 398, 3 .