Pliny

Noun	1.	Pliny - Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113) Synonyms: Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Pliny the Younger
	2.	Pliny - Roman author of an encylclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79) Synonyms: Gaius Plinius Secundus, Pliny the Elder

author, Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Pliny the Younger, writer