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Noun: Aristarchus  ,er-i'staa(r)-kus [N. Amer], ,a-ri'staa(r)-kus [Brit]
  1. An ancient Greek grammarian remembered for his commentary on the Iliad and Odyssey (circa 217-145 BC)
    - Aristarchus of Samothrace
     
  2. A bright crater on the Moon

Type of: grammarian, lunar crater, syntactician

Encyclopedia: Aristarchus, sive De contemptu linguae Teutonicae

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