| May Priscian himself be my enemy if what I am now going to say be not exactly true. |
| He returned with these high honors, and was esteemed in grammar a Priscian, in poetry an Ovid, and in physic equal to Galen. |
| How do they break their own pates to salve that of Priscian! |
| Much of the grammatical terminology, even of the present time, is derived from Priscian. |
| Yet I think, Priscian himself would have pardoned the manner for the sake of the matter. |
| Paterculus, the historian, is mentioned by no ancient writer except Priscian. |
