Priscian
6th-century Latin grammarian / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Priscian of Lydia.
Priscianus Caesariensis (fl. AD 500), commonly known as Priscian (/ˈprɪʃən/ or /ˈprɪʃiən/), was a Latin grammarian and the author of the Institutes of Grammar, which was the standard textbook for the study of Latin during the Middle Ages. It also provided the raw material for the field of speculative grammar.