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Pŏlyhistor, ŏris, m., = Πολυίστωρ (the much-knowing or learned man).

  1. I. The title of the natural history written by C. Julius Solinus.
  2. II. A surname of the grammarian Cornelius Alexander, Suet. Gram. 20; Plin. 9, 35, 56, § 115.