Benjamin Hedericus
{{Short description|German lexicographer}}
Benjamin Hedericus (Benjamin Hederich; 12 December 1675 in Geithain, Germany – 18 July 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
- [https://books.googleusercontent.com/books/content?req=AKW5QafxGWR-butYtoH9roXn5cVzu38ZxmRyEneuJMGZO-qqSxQlpYw3pdCJt1ZegxKdHZKY_upSs8GUAs3HuLL8kg59vxYYCFjaW0UX3A_-LvL_oTaSr-KQtIhE_-CM-inYRqLJbgkfloDZG5G_cltRqfZ6H5GrVc0RK-AxfVEqVuw1V2aswbLBHMDUD41cPU96R2MobywMt6YJ5IQ71VvbPtW_0BXxmmBKm0Vf5HjlCMTkQR7wc0G-vMl5XJavPhdB48sYd_8SKFHJFgSF1r-V63Tyh0Sqq5ZB9tCUBURWvkvYEBexH2s 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. {{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}
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Category:Historians of antiquity
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