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Félix Gaffiot (; 27 September 1870 – 2 November 1937) was a French philologist and teacher. He was the author of the renowned 1934 work ''Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français'' (''Illustrated Latin–French Dictionary''), which is commonly referred to as the ''Gaffiot''. ==Life== Félix Gaffiot was born in Liesle, in the Loue valley. He was the son of a teacher (his father) and a town clerk (his mother). Fatherless by the age of thirteen, he was nevertheless able to attend secondary school in Pontarlier thanks to a municipal scholarship.〔(Racines comtoises, « les écrivains » )〕 Having attained a Bachelor of Science and Letters, he was reluctant to prepare for the entrance examination to the ''École Polytechnique'', eventually undertaking an arts degree. He obtained his first teaching position at Pont-à-Mousson, all the while preparing for the ''agrégation''. He then taught for twelve years in the ''Massif Central'' at Le Puy-en-Velay and Clermont-Ferrand. He conducted studies of the rules of Latin grammar, which he considered "absolute and conventional". These led in 1906 to his doctoral thesis on Latin-language acquisition; upon obtaining the ''agrégation'', he became a professor at the Sorbonne. Gaffiot developed his pedagogical theories in his 1910 work ''Méthode de langue latine'' (''Method of the Latin language''); in it, he advocated following the development of the French language from its Latin roots. His work was interrupted by the outbreak of World War I in 1914 and his subsequent mobilisation as an auxiliary medical officer〔Rémy Démoly, ''(Félix Gaffiot, docteur ès Lettres, professeur, latiniste, auteur d’un dictionnaire de référence. )''〕 in the Forest of Argonne. Thereafter, Gaffiot focused on painting and his studies at a school of the fine arts. Following disputes with his colleagues, Gaffiot left the Sorbonne in 1927, even though he was about to be granted tenure; thence, he found a new position for himself at the University of Besançon. He was subsequently appointed Dean of the Faculty of Letters on 19 July 1933; he was reappointed to that role in 1936.〔French National Archives, F/17/24592〕 He retired from the University in October 1937. Gaffiot died in November 1937 — less than a month after the official date of his retirement — a consequence of his involvement in a car crash on the 31st of October〔article in the ''Pontissalien'', dated Saturday the 13th of November, 1937〕 near Mouchard.〔Rémy Démoly, (Félix Gaffiot, docteur ès Lettres, professeur, latiniste, auteur d’un dictionnaire de référence. )〕 He left a legacy as a challenging and exacting humanistic teacher. There is a college in Quingey that is named for him. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Félix Gaffiot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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