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Gnaeus

Γναῖος

(Γναῖος), or CNEIUS, an engraver of gems, contemporary with Dioscorides, in the time of Augustus. Several beautiful gems are inscribed with his name. (Mus. Florent. vol. ii. tab. 7; Stosch, Pierres gravées, tab. 23; Bracci, tab. 49.)

From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.