Theodo'sius5. Of Alexandria, a grammarian.
He is supposed to have lived about the time of Constantine the Great.
Works
His Commentary on the τέχνη γραμματική of Dionysius
Thrax, as well as a work by him περὶ ὅρου, and other
grammatical works, and also a Commentary on Theodosius himself, by Georgius Choeroboscus,
exist in MS. in various libraries. A full account of these MSS. is given by Fabricius and
Harless (Bibl. Graec. vol. vi. pp. 301, 308, 350).
Editions
His chief grammatical work, the commentary on Dionysius, amplified by the additions
of later Byzantine grammarians, was published by C. G. Göttling, under the title of
Theodosii Alexandrini Grammatica, Lips. 1822, 8vo. ;
the Prooemium having been published before in Osann's Philemonis Grammatici quae supersunt, Berol. 1821, 8vo., and a portion
of the work, under the title of Theodori Grammatici Alex. Canones de
Declinatione Nominum et Conjugatione Verborum, by Imm. Bekker, in the third volume
of his Anecdota, Berol. 1821, 8vo.
Further Information
Hoffman, Lexicon Bibliograph. Scriptor. Graecorum.