1st century BC) was a grammarian[1] and teacher of rhetoric of Gaulish origin who taught in ancient Rome.
He was later freed, and according to Roman naming conventions took the nomen and praenomen of his former master, one Marcus Antonius.
He was first employed as the private tutor of the young Julius Caesar,[2] and later set up a school in his own house, where it is said he never haggled over pay, but relied on his pupils' generosity.
[4] Gnipho wrote a number of works, including De Latino Sermone ("On the Latin Language") in two books.
Scholarly opinion in antiquity was that only De Latino Sermone was his, and that all other works ascribed to him were written by his disciples.