Plīnĭus, i, m., Pliny, name of a Roman gens. The most celebrated are,
I C. Plinius Secundus, also called Major (the Elder), author of an encyclopedical work in 37 books , who lost his life in an eruption of Vesuvius , A. D. 79.—
II His nephew, C. Plinius Caecilius, also called Junior (the Younger), author of Letters and a Pane gyric on the emperor Trajan : facundus, Mart. 10, 19, 3.—
III Plinius Valerianus, a physician in the time of the emperor Constantine.
IV —Hence, Plīnĭānus , a, um, adj., belonging to or named after a Pling , Plinian : rasa, Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 103.