pliny meaning and definition

PLINY noun

Definition of Pliny (noun)

1. Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113)
   • synonyms: Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Pliny the Younger
2. Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79)
   • synonyms: Gaius Plinius Secundus, Pliny the Elder