Daniel of Moscopole or Daniil of Moscopole (1754–1825; Aromanian: Daniil Moscopoleanu[1] or Moscopoleanlu;[2] Greek: Δανιήλ Μοσχοπολίτης, romanized: Daniil Moschopolitis), also known as Mihali Adami Hagi (Aromanian: Mihali Adami Hagi), was an Aromanian scholar from Moscopole and student of Theodoros Kavalliotis, an 18th/19th-century professor and director of New Academy of Moscopole.
[5] In this period, Moscopole was an important Balkan city, the cultural and commercial center of the Aromanians and the site of the first printing press working in the Balkans.
Daniel, in his work, Εισαγωγική Διδασκαλία ("Introductory Instruction"),[6] compiled a combined dictionary of Greek (Romaika), Aromanian (Vlachika), Bulgarian (Vulgarika) and Albanian (Alvanitika).
[4] In 1794, he published in Venice[8] a dictionary of four modern Balkan languages (Greek, Albanian, Aromanian and Bulgarian).
With his lexicographic work, Daniel hoped to persuade the Albanians, Aromanians and Bulgarians to abandon their "barbaric" tongues[9] and learn Greek, the "mother of knowledge".