Cloatius Verus () was a Roman grammarian who lived in the 1st century.
Biography
He was born and lived in first century Rome.
Career
He is chiefly notable for being a grammarian and for having written several treatises on the meanings of Greek words and on Latin words derived from Greek language.
Sources
Some of the works of Cloatius Verus have been preserved by Macrobius.
In the Oxford Classical Dictionary, he is described thus: "Augustan lexicographer and antiquarian who wrote on the meanings of Greek words and on Latin words derived from Greek. He is probably the ‘Cloatius’ whom *Verrius Flaccus cites (with L. *Aelius) on Latin sacral terms."
References
External links
VIAF Gellius | Noctes Atticae | XVI | 12 – LateinLex A Latin Dictionary - Wikisource, the free online library Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics