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Also known as Censorinus Grammaticus, Censorinus the Grammarian

Censorinus () was a Roman grammarian and miscellaneous writer.

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Works in European collections

21 objects attributed to Censorinus, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Censorinus () was a Roman grammarian and miscellaneous writer.

==Name== From its grammatical form, Censorinus is presumably his cognomen, the shared surname of a branch of a Roman family (). The cognomen would typically be used by those descended from, adopted by, or related by prominent marriage to someone who had held the office of censor. Censorinus's given name () and family name () are unknown, although the Marcii Censorini were by far the most prominent family to use the cognomen. The author is sometimes distinguished as ().

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