JOHANN CASPAR VON See also:

• ORELLI, HANS KONRAD VON (1846- )
• JOHANN CASPAR VON ORELLI (1787-1849)

ORELLI (1787-1849)  , Swiss classical See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• ZURICH
• ZURICH (Fr. Zurich; Ital. Zurigo)

Zurich on the 13th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1787 . He belonged to a distinguished See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian See also:

• FAMILY

family, which had taken See also:

• REFUGE

refuge in See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

Reformation . His See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin, JOHANN See also:

• CONRAD (d. 955)
• CONRAD, JOSEPH (1856– )
• CONRAD, or KONRAD (M. H. Ger. Kuonrdl, i.e. " keen in counsel," Lat. Conradus, It. Corrado, cf. the A.S. Ccenred)

CONRAD See also:

• ORELLI, HANS KONRAD VON (1846- )
• ORELLI, JOHANN CASPAR VON (1787-1849)

ORELLI (1770-1826), was the author of several See also:

• WORKS

works in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of later See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek literature . From 1807 to 1814 Orelli worked as preacher in the reformed community of See also:

• BERGAMO
• BERGAMO (anc. Bergomum)

Bergamo, where he acquired the See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for Italian literature which led to the publication of Contributions to the See also:

• HISTORY

History of Italian See also:

• POETRY

Poetry (181o) and a See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography (1812) of Vittorino da See also:

• FELTRE (anc. Feltria)
• FELTRE, MORTO DA

Feltre, his ideal of a teacher . In 1814 he became teacher of See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages and history at the cantonal school at Chur (See also:

• COIRE (Ger. Chur or Cur, Ital. Coira, Lat. Curia Raetorum, Romonsch Cuera)

Coire); in 1819, See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of eloquence and See also:

• HERMENEUTICS (Gr. Epµ-qvevrtKri, sc. 7E)(141, Lat. ars hermeneutica, from Epianvevety, to interpret, from Hermes, the messenger of the gods)

hermeneutics at the Carolinum in Zurich, and in 1833 professor at the new university, the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of which was largely due to his efforts . His See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention during this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period was mainly devoted to classical literature and antiquities . He had already published (1814) an edition, with See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical notes and commentary, of the Antidosis of Isocrates, the See also:

• COMPLETE

complete See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text of which, based upon the See also:

• MSS

MSS. in the Ambrosian and Laurentian See also:

• LIBRARIES

libraries, had recently been made known by Andreas Mystoxedes of See also:

• CORFU (anc. and mod. Gr. KEpKvpa or Kopiupa, Lat. Corcyra)

Corfu . The three works upon which his reputation rests are the following . (I) A complete edition of See also:

• CICERO

Cicero in seven volumes (1826-1838) . The first four volumes contained the text (new ed., 1845-1863), the fifth the old Scholiasts, the remaining three (called Onomasticon Tullianum) a See also:

• LIFE

life of Cicero, a bibliography of previous See also:

• EDITIONS

editions, indexes of See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical and See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical names, of See also:

• LAWS

laws and legal formulae, of Greek words, and the consular See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

annals . After his See also:

• DEATH

death, the revised edition of the text was completed by J . G .

See also:

• BAITER, JOHANN GEORG (1801–1877)

Baiter and C . See also:

• HALM, CARL FELIX (18o9-1882)

Halm, and contained numerous emendations by Theodor See also:

• MOMMSEN, THEODOR (1817–1903)

Mommsen and J . N . See also:

• MADVIG, JOHAN NICOLAI (1804-1886)

Madvig . (2) The works of See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace (1837-1838; 4th ed., 1886-1892) . The exegetical commentary, although confessedly only a compilation from the works of earlier commentators, shows See also:

• GREAT

great taste and extensive learning, although hardly up to the exacting See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard of modern See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism . (3) Inscriptionum Latinarum Selectarum Collectio (1828; revised edition by W . Henzen, 1856), extremely helpful for the study of See also:

• ROMAN

Roman public and private life and See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion . His editions of See also:

• PLATO

Plato (1839-1841, including the old scholia, in collaboration with A . W . See also:

• WINCKELMANN, JOHANN JOACHIM (1717-.1768)

Winckelmann) and See also:

• TACITUS, CORNELIUS (c. 55-120)
• TACITUS, MARCUS CLAUDIUS

Tacitus (1846-1848, new ed. by various scholars, 1875-1894) also deserve mention . Orelli died at Zurich on the 6th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1849 .

He was a most liberal-minded See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, both in politics and religion, an enthusiastic supporter of popular See also:

• EDUCATION

education and a most inspiring teacher . He took great See also:

• INTEREST

interest in the struggle of the Greeks for See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence, and strongly favoured the See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of the notorious J . F . See also:

• STRAUSS, DAVID FRIEDRICH (1808-1874)
• STRAUSS, JOHANN (1804-1849)
• STRAUSS, RICHARD (1864– )

Strauss to the See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of dogmatic See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology at Zurich, which led to the disturbance of the 6th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1839 and the fall of the liberal See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . See Life by his younger See also:

• BROTHER

brother Conrad in Neujahrsblatt der Stadtbibliothek Zurich (1851) ; J . Adert, Essai sur la See also:

• VIE

Vie et See also:

• LES

les Travaux de J.C.O . (See also:

• GENEVA
• GENEVA (Fr. Geneve, Ger. Genf, Ital. Ginevra, Late Lat. Gebenna, though Genava in good Latin)
• GENEVA, LAKE OF

Geneva, 1849); H . Schweizer-Sidler, Gedachtnissrede auf J.C.O . (Zurich, 1874) ; C . See also:

• BURSIAN, CONRAD (1830–1883)

Bursian, Geschichte der klassischen Philologie in Deutschland (1883) .