A Latin Dictionary
A Latin Dictionary is a widespread English-language lexicon of the Latin language. It appears at the Oxford University Press, was published in 1879 and is one of the most widely used Latin dictionaries in the English-speaking world. According to his editors Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, it is also known as Lewis and Short (English: Lewis and Short). Edit HistoryQual
The genesis of the Latin Dictionary is derived from its full title A Latin Dictionary: Founded on Andrews' Edition of Friend's Latin Dictionary: Revised, Enlarged, and Great Part by Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. ("A Latin dictionary: Based on Andrews' edition of the Latin dictionary by Freund: Improved, increased and largely translated by Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D."). It is based on a translation of the dictionary of the Latin language by Wilhelm Freund from German, edited by E. A. Andrews in 1850. This Latin Dictionary was edited after Andrews' death by Wilhelm Freund himself, then by Henry Drisler, until it came into its present form under the editors Charles Short and Charlton T. Lewis. The fact that only Lewis's name is contained in the full title is due to the fact that Short edited only the entries of the letter A (216 pages) while Lewis edited the remaining letters (B to Z, 1803 pages)
In 1890, Lewis published an abridged version of the lexicon under the title An Elementary Latin Dictionary intended for students.
With the Perseus Project the full-text of the dictionary is available. Meaning Edit source text
Until the appearance of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD), the Latin Dictionary by Lewis and Short was the only English-language Latin dictionary of larger scale. From 1933 to 1982 the Oxford Oxford Dictionary was also used to create an up-to-date lexicon based on modern texts. However, since the OLD does not contain late Latin and Christian authors, the Latin Dictionary of Lewis and Short is still widespread, and is used primarily by medievalists and Renaissance scholars. Weblinks Edit sourcetext Wikisource: A Latin Dictionary - Sources and Fulltexts (English) Information at the Oxford University Press
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