Egidio Forcellini

Egidio Forcellini, Latinized Aegidius Forcellini, ( born August 26, 1688 in Fener or in Campo, today Alano di Piave, † April 5, 1768 ) was an Italian philologist and lexicographer.

Egidio Forcellini came from a poor family. In 1704 he entered the seminary at Padua. There he fell because of his skills quickly the slightly older Jacobo Facciolati on and he was an employee at the lexical work, namely, a revised edition of Cornelius Schrevelius ' Lexicon manuale Graeco- Latinum et Latino - graecum as well as by Ambrose Calepinus ' Dictionarum Latinum. This work stimulated Forcellini to be reflections on a Latin lexicon which is based on the Italian Accademia della Crusca Dictionary of. In 1718 he began to work on his Totius Latinitatis Lexicon, dictionary of Latinity. The work was repeatedly interrupted in the period that followed by other ecclesiastical or priestly obligations. In 1724 he became professor of rhetoric at the seminary in Ceneda and headed it until 1731. The lexicon was 1761 before finally to clean copy. The publication in 1771 experienced Forcellini, who died in 1768, not more. The lexicon had an outstanding importance. It has been several times reprinted, expanded, provided with supplements and translated. It is considered one of the most important precursors of the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. His brother Marco Forcellini was a poet.

Expenditure

• Totius Latinitatis lexicon, consilio et cura Jacobi Facciolati opera et studio Aegidii Forcellini, lucubratum. Typis Seminarii, Padua 1771 ( 4 volumes)
• Totius Latinitatis lexicon, consilio et cura Jacobi Facciolati opera et studio Aegidii Forcellini lucubratum. In hac tertia Editione auctum et emendatum a Josepho Furlanetto. Typis Seminarii, Padua 1827-1831 (4 volumes)
• Totius latinitatis lexicon, opera et studio Aegidii Forcellini lucubratum. Et in hac Editione post tertiam auctam et emendatam a Josepho Furlanetto alumno seminarii patavini. Novo ordine Digestum amplissime auctum atque emendatum cura et studio vincentii De Vit Typis Aldinianis, Prati 1858-1879
• Lexicon Totius latinitatis J. Facciolati, Aeg. Forcellini et J. Furlanetti seminarii patavini alumnorum cura, opera et studio lucubratum nunc dedmum juxta opera R. Klotz, G. Friend, L. Doderlein aliorumque recentiorum auctius, emendatius melioremque in formam redactum curante doct. Francisco Corradini ejesdem seminarii alumno. Typis Seminarii, Padua 1896