Benjamin Hedericus
Benjamin Hedericus (Benjamin Hederich; December 12, 1675 in Geithain, Germany – July 18, 1748 in Großenhain, Meißen, Germany) was a German lexicographer. He is most notable as the author of a Greek lexicon that was widely used in the Roman Catholic Church in Europe.
He also authored the following:
- Notitia Auctorum Antiqua et Media
- Progymnasmata Linguae Graecae
- Progymnasmata Linguae Latinae
- Fasti Consulares Romani
- Reales Schul-Lexicon
- Lexicon Manuale Graecum - edited and expanded by Johann August Ernesti in 1767
- Grundliches Mythologisches Lexicon
- Lexicon Manuale Latino-Germanicum
He edited Empedocles' De Sphaera and a Latin edition of Tertullian.
Disambiguation
There was another similarly named individual, Dr Hedericus, who was a Lutheran pastor at Iglau, and an opponent of the Moravian Church in the 16th Century.
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