Dionysius Vossius

Dionies Vos (1612 – 25 October 1633), often known by his Latin name Dionysius Vossius, was a Dutch translator.

Born in Dordrecht, he studied Ancient Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Syriac and Arabic.

Vossius published his first Arabic dictionary at the age of 16.

[1] Later he published a Latin translation of a tractate on idolatry from the Mishneh Torah by Maimonides, which he had annotated.

[1] It was added to the List of Prohibited Books of the Catholic Church.