Festus
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Festus was a Roman grammarian and lexicographer best known for his abridged version of Verrius Flaccus’s extensive Latin dictionary, which preserves valuable information about Roman religion, law, and antiquities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Festus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9717202 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Festus Context triple: [Parentalia, sourceMention, Festus]
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A.
Festus
Festus is the given first name of the Jamaican-American writer and poet Claude McKay, a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
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B.
Titus Pullo
Titus Pullo is a fictional Roman soldier and central character in the television series "Rome," known for his brutal combat skills, impulsive nature, and complex friendship with Lucius Vorenus.
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C.
Kurwenal
Kurwenal is the loyal retainer and devoted companion of Tristan in Richard Wagner’s opera "Tristan und Isolde."
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D.
Lucio
Lucio is a roguish, witty gentleman in Shakespeare’s play "Measure for Measure," known for his bawdy humor, moral hypocrisy, and role as a comic commentator on the play’s themes of justice and corruption.
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E.
Lucio
Lucio is a Brazilian central defender renowned for his commanding presence, leadership, and success with both the Brazilian national team and top European clubs such as Bayern Munich and Inter Milan.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Festus Target entity description: Festus was a Roman grammarian and lexicographer best known for his abridged version of Verrius Flaccus’s extensive Latin dictionary, which preserves valuable information about Roman religion, law, and antiquities.
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A.
Festus
Festus is the given first name of the Jamaican-American writer and poet Claude McKay, a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
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B.
Titus Pullo
Titus Pullo is a fictional Roman soldier and central character in the television series "Rome," known for his brutal combat skills, impulsive nature, and complex friendship with Lucius Vorenus.
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C.
Kurwenal
Kurwenal is the loyal retainer and devoted companion of Tristan in Richard Wagner’s opera "Tristan und Isolde."
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D.
Lucio
Lucio is a Brazilian central defender renowned for his commanding presence, leadership, and success with both the Brazilian national team and top European clubs such as Bayern Munich and Inter Milan.
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E.
Lucio
Lucio is a roguish, witty gentleman in Shakespeare’s play "Measure for Measure," known for his bawdy humor, moral hypocrisy, and role as a comic commentator on the play’s themes of justice and corruption.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman grammarian
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ancient Roman writer ⓘ lexicographer ⓘ |
| aim | to epitomize Verrius Flaccus’s extensive dictionary ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Roman antiquarian tradition ⓘ |
| basedOn | Verrius Flaccus’s De verborum significatu ⓘ |
| cites |
Republican-era authors
ⓘ
earlier Roman antiquarians ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
preservation of early Latin literature
ⓘ
study of Roman constitutional history ⓘ study of Roman religious practices ⓘ |
| describes |
Roman festivals
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Roman magistracies ⓘ Roman priesthoods ⓘ archaic Latin vocabulary ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Latin philology
ⓘ
Roman antiquarian studies ⓘ lexicography ⓘ |
| floruit | 2nd century AD ⓘ |
| genre |
dictionary
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lexicon ⓘ |
| hasApproximateDate | 2nd century AD ⓘ |
| hasLatinName | Sextus Pompeius Festus ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Verrius Flaccus ⓘ |
| knownFor |
abridged version of Verrius Flaccus’s Latin dictionary
ⓘ
work on Roman religion, law, and antiquities ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Latin ⓘ |
| laterEditedBy |
Paulus Diaconus
ⓘ
linked to:
Paul the Deacon
|
| notableWork | epitome of Verrius Flaccus’s dictionary ⓘ |
| occupation |
grammatian
ⓘ
lexicographer ⓘ |
| partiallySurvivesAs | fragmentary text ⓘ |
| preserves |
information about Roman antiquities
ⓘ
information about Roman law ⓘ information about Roman religion ⓘ |
| region | Italy ⓘ |
| scholarlyRelevance | primary source for lost works of earlier Roman authors ⓘ |
| sourceFor |
Roman institutions and customs
ⓘ
Roman legal terminology ⓘ Roman religious terminology ⓘ |
| textualTransmission | survives in a damaged 11th-century manuscript ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Imperial Rome
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linked to:
Roman Empire
|
| uses |
antiquarian citations
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etymological explanations ⓘ |
| work | De verborum significatu ⓘ |
| writingStyle | alphabetical arrangement of entries ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Festus Description of subject: Festus was a Roman grammarian and lexicographer best known for his abridged version of Verrius Flaccus’s extensive Latin dictionary, which preserves valuable information about Roman religion, law, and antiquities.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.