| Joannes Adamus Gaiger | |
| Birth Date: | 1667 |
| Birth Place: | Novo Mesto |
| Death Date: | April 28, 1722 |
| Death Place: | Kranj |
| Nationality: | Slovene |
| Other Names: | Hypolythus Neostadiensis Hippolytus Rudolphswertensis |
| Occupation: | philologist, religious writer, lexicographer |
| Notable Works: | Dictionarium trilingue |
Joannes Adamus Gaiger[1] (Slovenized as Janez Adam Gaiger, 1667 – April 28, 1722; monastic name Hypolythus Neostadiensis[1] or Hippolytus Rudolphswertensis 'Hippolytus of Novo Mesto', Slovenized as Slovenian: Hipolit Novomeški) was a Slovene philologist, religious writer, lexicographer, translator, and Capuchin.Gaiger was born in Novo Mesto circa 1667.[1] After studying with the Jesuits in Ljubljana, he joined the Capuchin order in 1684.[1] He taught philosophy at monasteries in Maribor and Graz, 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 Kranj in 1722.[1] [2] [3]