Hyginus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Hygīnus (Higinus, Gell. 1, 14, 1; 1, 21, 2; 5, 8, 1 et saep.), i, m., surname of two Roman authors.

I C. Julius Hyginus, author of a collection of fables and of a treatise on astronomy , Suet. Gramm. 20; Gell. 1, 14.—

II The author of a treatise De limitibus constituendis.