Velius Longus

Roman grammarian

Velius Longus (fl. 2nd century AD), Latin grammarian during the reign of Trajan (or Hadrian), author of an extant treatise on orthography (Heinrich Keil, Grammatici Latini, vii). He is mentioned by Macrobius (Saturnalia, iii.6.6) and Servius (Comm. on Aen. x.245) as a commentator on Virgil.^[1]

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^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Velius Longus". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 978.