break+Priscian's+head
1break Priscian's head — To breach the rules of grammar • • • Main Entry: ↑Priscianist …
2Priscian — from L. Priscianus, name of a celebrated Roman grammarian (c.500 530); hence to break Priscian s head (1520s) to violate rules of grammar (L. diminuere Prisciani caput) …
3ПРИСЦИАН — латинский грамматист, автор одного из наиболее широко использовавшихся в Средние века учебников латинского языка. Жил около 500 н.э. и, по видимому, был родом из Цезарии (в римской провинции Мавритания); его полное латинское имя Priscianus… …
4Solecism — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Solecism >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 solecism solecism Sgm: N 1 bad grammar bad grammar false grammar faulty grammar Sgm: N 1 slip of the pen slip of the pen slip of the tongue Sgm: N 1 lapsus linguae lapsus linguae… …
5murder the queen's english — Use bad grammar, commit a solecism, break Priscian s head …
6Priscianist — /prishˈə nist or yə nist/ noun A grammarian ORIGIN: Priscianus, Latin grammarian (fl 500AD) • • • break Priscian s head To breach the rules of grammar …
7List of cultural references in The Divine Comedy — The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri is a long allegorical poem in three parts or canticas (or cantiche ), Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise), and 100 cantos, with the Inferno having 34, Purgatorio 33, and Paradiso 33 …
8Religion in ancient Rome — Ancient Roman religion Marcus Aurelius (head covered) sacrificing at the Temple of Jupiter …
