Rabbi Saadiah ben Maimon ben Moshe ibn Danan () (born 2nd half of 15th century in Granada, Spain – died 1493(?) in Oran, Algeria) was a grammarian of Hebrew and Arabic, poet and a halachic authority.
He served as a dayan in Granada and, following the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, settled in Oran with his father.
Among his works are rabbinic Responsa, a Talmudic dictionary called Sepher Arukh, works on Hebrew grammar and Hebrew verse, as well as a Hebrew dictionary written in Arabic. He was the first writer to compare Hebrew metre with its Arabic counterpart.
References
Further reading Ibn Danan, Saadia. Ad-Daruri fi-l-Lughah-al-'Ibraniyyah / Sepher ha-Shorashim (Granada: Universidad de Granada, 1996). Ibn Danan, Saadia. Seder ha-dorot (Madrid: Aben Ezra Ediciones, 1997). "Even Danan, Sa'adyah ben Maimon", Article in Encyclopaedia Hebraica "Ibn Dannan, Saadiah ben Maimun", Article in Encyclopaedia Judaica