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Gradus, or Gradus ad Parnassum (a step to Parnassus), is a Latin (or Greek) dictionary, in which the quantities of the vowels of the words are marked.
Synonyms, epithets and poetical expressions and extracts are also included under the more important headings, the whole being intended as an aid for students in Greek and Latin verse composition.
The first Latin gradus was compiled in 1702 by the Jesuit Paul Aler (1656-1727), a famous schoolmaster. There is a Latin gradus by CD Yonge (1850); English-Latin by AC Ainger and HG Wintle (1890); Greek by J Brasse (1828) and E Maltby (1815), bishop of Durham.
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
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