Flavius Sosipater Charisius (fl. 4th century AD) was aLatingrammarian.
He was probably anAfrican by birth, summoned toConstantinople to take the place ofEuanthius, a learned commentator onTerence.[1]
TheArs Grammatica, in five books, is addressed to his son (not a Roman, as the preface shows). The surviving text is incomplete: the beginning of the first, part of the fourth, and the greater part of the fifth book are lost.[1]
The work, which is acompendium, is valuable as it contains excerpts from the earlier writers on grammar, who are in many cases mentioned by name:Remmius Palaemon,Julius Romanus (Gaius Iulius Romanus),Comminianus.[1]
The edition ofHeinrich Keil, inGrammatici Latini, i. (1857), has been superseded by that ofKarl Barwick (1925).
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Charisius, Flavius Sosipater".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 860.| International | |
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