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Censorinus (fl. AD 230) was a

grammarian

and miscellaneous writer.

Life

Little is known of Censorinus, although he lived during the 3rd century and apparently dedicated De Die Natali to his patron Quintus Caerellius as a birthday gift.

Works

Censorinus was the author of a lost work De Accentibus as well as the surviving De Die Natali.^[1]

De Die Natali

Suetonius. Some scholars, indeed, hold that the entire work is practically an adaptation of the lost Pratum of Suetonius. The fragments of a work De Naturali Institutione, dealing with astronomy, geometry, music, and versification, and usually printed with the De Die Natali of Censorinus, are not by him. Part of the original manuscript, containing the end of the genuine work, and the title and name of the author of the fragment are lost.^[2]

Legacy

A bright crater in the Sea of Tranquility on the Moon has been named after him.

Notes

^ Sometimes—mistakenly—given as De Die Natale.

References

Citations

^ "LacusCurtius • Censorinus — De Die Natali". penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
^ ^a ^b ^c Chisholm 1911.

Editions

De Die Natali (in Latin), Bologna: Benedetto Faelli, 1497.
Lindenbrog, Heinrich, ed. (1614), (in Latin) {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help).
Jahn, Otto, ed. (1845), (in Latin) {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help).
Hultsch, Friedrich, ed. (1867), (in Latin) {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help).
Cholodniak, Ivan, ed. (1889), (in French) https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Censorinus/home.html {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help).
Maude, William, ed. (1900), De Die Natali, New York{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link), omitting the first 11 chapters.
Parker, Holt N., ed. (2007), Censorinus: The Birthday Book, Chicago: University of Chicago Press,
ISBN 0-226-09974-1
.

Brodersen, Kai, ed. (2012), Censorinus: Über den Geburtstag (in German), Darmstadt: WBG,
ISBN 978-3-534-18154-4
.

Brodersen, Kai, ed. (2011), Censorinus: Das Geburtstagsbuch (in German), Darmstadt: Primus,
ISBN 978-3-89678-752-1
.

Bibliography

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Censorinus". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 662.

External links

Corpus Grammaticorum Latinorum: complete texts and full bibliography

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[2] Sometimes—mistakenly—given as De Die Natale.

[1] "LacusCurtius • Censorinus — De Die Natali". penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-24.

[FOOTNOTEChisholm1911-3] Chisholm 1911.

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[2]

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-'''Censorinus '''was a [[ancient Rome|Roman]] [[Philologist|grammarian]] and miscellaneous writer from the 3rd century AD.
+'''Censorinus''' ({{fl.|AD{{nbsp}}230}}) was a [[ancient Rome|Roman]] [[Philologist|grammarian]] and miscellaneous writer.
-==Biography==
+{{anchor|Biography|History}}
+==Life==
-He was the author of a lost work ''De Accentibus'' and of an extant treatise ''De Die Natali'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=LacusCurtius • Censorinus — De Die Natali|url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Censorinus/text*.html|access-date=2021-02-24|website=penelope.uchicago.edu}}</ref> written in 238, and dedicated to his patron Quintus Caerellius as a birthday gift. The contents are of a varied character: the natural history of man, the influence of the stars and ''[[Genius (mythology)|genii]],'' music, [[Ritual|religious rites]], [[astronomy]], the doctrines of the [[Greek philosophers]],{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} and [[antiquarian]] subjects.
+Little is known of Censorinus, although he lived during the 3rd century and apparently dedicated {{lang|la|De Die Natali}} to his patron Quintus Caerellius as a birthday gift.
+{{anchor|De Accentibus|De Die Natali}}
-The second part deals with chronological and mathematical questions, and has been of great service in determining the principal epochs of ancient history. The whole is full of curious and interesting information. The style is clear and concise, although somewhat [[rhetoric]]al, and the {{linktext|Latinity}}—for the period—good.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}
+==Works==<!--linked-->
+Censorinus was the author of a lost work {{lang|la|De Accentibus}} as well as the surviving {{lang|la|De Die Natali}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=LacusCurtius • Censorinus — De Die Natali|url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Censorinus/text*.html|access-date=2021-02-24|website=penelope.uchicago.edu}}</ref>
-The chief authorities used were [[Marcus Terentius Varro|Varro]] and [[Suetonius' minor works|Suetonius]]. Some scholars, indeed, hold that the entire work is practically an adaptation of the lost ''Pratum'' of Suetonius. The fragments of a work ''De Naturali Institutione'', dealing with astronomy, [[geometry]], [[music]], and [[Metre (poetry)|versification]], and usually printed with the ''De Die Natali'' of Censorinus, are not by him. Part of the original manuscript, containing the end of the genuine work, and the title and name of the author of the fragment are lost.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}
+{{lang|la|De Die Natali}}{{efn|Sometimes{{mdash}}mistakenly{{mdash}}given as {{lang|la|De Die Natale}}.}} ([[Latin language|Latin]] for "On the Natal Day" or "On the Birthday") or {{lang|la|Opusculum de Die Natali}} ("Little Work on the Birthday") was apparently written in 238 for the birthday of Censorinus's patron Quintus Caerellius. The contents are of a varied character: the natural history of man, the influence of the stars and ''[[Genius (mythology)|genii]],'' music, [[Ritual|religious rites]], [[astronomy]], the doctrines of the [[Greek philosophers]],{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} and [[antiquarian]] subjects. The second part deals with chronological and mathematical questions, and has been of great service in determining the principal epochs of ancient history. The whole is full of curious and interesting information. The style is clear and concise, although somewhat [[rhetoric]]al, and the {{linktext|Latinity}}—for the period—good.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} The chief authorities used were [[Marcus Terentius Varro|Varro]] and [[Suetonius' minor works|Suetonius]]. Some scholars, indeed, hold that the entire work is practically an adaptation of the lost ''Pratum'' of Suetonius. The fragments of a work ''De Naturali Institutione'', dealing with astronomy, [[geometry]], [[music]], and [[Metre (poetry)|versification]], and usually printed with the ''De Die Natali'' of Censorinus, are not by him. Part of the original manuscript, containing the end of the genuine work, and the title and name of the author of the fragment are lost.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}
+==Legacy==
 A bright [[Censorinus (crater)|crater]] in the [[Mare Tranquillitatis|Sea of Tranquility]] on the Moon has been named after him.
-==Works==
+==Notes==
+{{noteslist}}
-* {{Cite book|title=De die natali|volume=|publisher=Benedetto Faelli|location=Bologna|year=1497|language=la|url=https://gutenberg.beic.it/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=13257978}}
 ==References==
-===Notes===
+===Citations===
-{{Reflist}}
+{{Reflist|30em}}
+===Editions===
+* {{citation |author=[[Censorius]] |display-authors=0 |editor-last= |editor-first= |title=De Die Natali |language=la |publisher=Benedetto Faelli |location=Bologna |date=1497 |url=https://gutenberg.beic.it/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=13257978 }}.
+* {{citation |author=[[Censorius]] |display-authors=0 |title= |editor-last=Lindenbrog |editor-first=Heinrich |language=la |publisher= |location= |date=1614 |url= }}.
+* {{citation |author=[[Censorius]] |display-authors=0 |title= |editor-last=Jahn |editor-first=Otto |editor-link=Otto Jahn |language=la |publisher= |location= |date=1845 |url= }}.
+* {{citation |author=[[Censorius]] |display-authors=0 |title= |editor-last=Hultsch |editor-first=Friedrich |editor-link=Friedrich Hultsch |language=la |publisher= |location= |date=1867 |url= }}.
+* {{citation |author=[[Censorius]] |display-authors=0 |title= |editor-last=Cholodniak |editor-first=Ivan |editor-link=Ivan Cholodniak |language=fr |publisher= |location= |date=1889 |url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Censorinus/home.html }}.
+* {{citation |author=[[Censorius]] |display-authors=0 |title=De Die Natali |editor-last=Maude |editor-first=William |publisher= |location=New York |date=1900 |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/De_Die_Natale_The_Natal_Day.html?id=J7VfAAAAMAAJ }}, omitting the first 11 chapters.
+* {{citation |author=[[Censorius]] |display-authors=0 |title=Censorinus: The Birthday Book |editor-last=Parker |editor-first=Holt N. |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |date=2007 |url= |isbn=0-226-09974-1 }}.
+* {{citation |author=[[Censorius]] |display-authors=0 |title=Censorinus: Über den Geburtstag |editor-last=Brodersen |editor-first=Kai |language=de |publisher=WBG |location=Darmstadt |date=2012 |url= |isbn=978-3-534-18154-4 }}.
+* {{citation |author=[[Censorius]] |display-authors=0 |title=Censorinus: Das Geburtstagsbuch |editor-last=Brodersen |editor-first=Kai |language=de |publisher=Primus |location=Darmstadt |date=2011 |url= |isbn=978-3-89678-752-1 }}.
 ===Bibliography===
-* Good edition with commentary by Heinrich Lindenbrog (1614)
-* Critical editions by
-** [[Otto Jahn]] (1845)
-** [[Friedrich Hultsch]] (1867)
-** [[Ivan Cholodniak]] (1889)
-** [[Kai Brodersen]] (2012)
-* English translation of the [https://books.google.com/books/about/De_Die_Natale_The_Natal_Day.html?id=J7VfAAAAMAAJ ''De Die Natali''] (the first eleven chapters being omitted) with notes by William Maude (New York, 1900)
 * {{EB1911|wstitle=Censorinus|volume=5|page=662}}
-* New English translation of the ''De Die Natali'' by Holt N. Parker (trans.): ''Censorinus. The Birthday Book''. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2007. Pp. xiv, 102. {{ISBN|0-226-09974-1}}
-* New German translation by Kai Brodersen (trans.): ''Censorinus. Das Geburtstagsbuch''. Darmstadt: Primus, 2011. Pp.&nbsp;120. {{ISBN|978-3-89678-752-1}}
-* New critical edition with German translation by Kai Brodersen: ''Censorinus. Über den Geburtstag'' (Edition Antike). Darmstadt: WBG, 2012. Pp.&nbsp;160. {{ISBN|978-3-534-18154-4}}
 ==External links==
-* [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Censorinus/home.html ''de Die natali'' at LacusCurtius] (Latin text, French translation: Cholodniak's edition)
 * [https://archive.today/20121204163129/http://kaali.linguist.jussieu.fr/CGL/index.jsp Corpus Grammaticorum Latinorum: complete texts and full bibliography]
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