Egidio Forcellini, an Italian lexicographer, born near Padua, Aug. 26,1688, died April 4, 1768. Admitted into the seminary of Padua, his progress in the ancient languages induced his master Facciolato to make him his assistant. In 1718 they conceived the project of publishing a universal dictionary of the Latin language; but Forcellini being sent in 1724 to Ceneda as professor of rhetoric and director of the seminary, the execution of the task was suspended till his return in 1731. This great work was almost wholly executed by Forcellini, and for it he read with pen in hand not only the whole Latin literature, but all the collections of inscriptions and medals. He died before the work appeared in 1771, under the title of Tothis Latinitatis Lexicon, consilio et euro, Jacohi Facciolati, opera et studio Aegidii Forcellini lucubratum.