Joannes Adamus Gaiger (Slovenized as ''Janez Adam Gaiger'', 1667 – April 28, 1722;

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Hypolythus Neostadiensis or Hippolytus Rudolphswertensis 'Hippolytus of Novo Mesto', Slovenized as ) was a Slovene

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, religious writer,

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, translator, and Capuchin. Gaiger was born in

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circa 1667. After studying with the Jesuits in

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, he joined the Capuchin order in 1684. He taught philosophy at monasteries in

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and

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, and then theology in the Ljubljana area. In 1712 he published his ''Dictionarium trilingue'', a trilingual dictionary of Latin, German, and Slovene. In 1715 he published a revised edition of Adam Bohorič's grammar ''Grammatica latino-germanico-slavonica'' (Latin–German–Slovene Grammar), and that same year a third edition of the 1613 work ''Evangelia inu lystuvi'' (Gospels and Epistles). Gaiger died in

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in 1722.

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