Oxford Latin Dictionary

The Oxford Latin Dictionary ( OLD abbreviated ) is a Latin- English dictionary. It was completed in 1982 and is published by Oxford University Press. The OLD has been designed along the lines of the Oxford English Dictionary as an independent successor to the Latin Dictionary, contains 2,126 pages and 40,000 lemmas is in the English-speaking world the most widely used Latin lexicon of its format.

History

The British lexicography developed in the first third of the 20th century, the ambition to create an extensive, modern lexicon of the Latin language in self-employment. The Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short was published in 1879 and was based on the translation of a German dictionary.

In 1933 the editor of Alexander Souter began with the collection of citations for the lexicon for modern text editions. After his dispensation in 1939 Cyril Bailey and JM Wyllie were publishers. After Bailey's retirement in 1949 continued Wyllie creating independently continued until he was replaced in 1954 by Peter GW Glare. Glare began with the publication of the eight fascicles of the lexicon ( 1968-1982 ) and led the company in 1982 to a conclusion. In addition to the editors of numerous well-known philologist were involved in the creation of the lexicon, including John Chadwick ( 1946-1952 ).

The complete edition of 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992 and 1994, reprinted unchanged and reissued in corrected 1996 edition. This issue is relevant to today and was reprinted in 1997 and 2000 (ISBN 0-19-864224-5 ).

Importance

The Oxford Latin Dictionary Latin Dictionary has not completely displaced. Since it is not considered late antiquity and Christian authors, the OLD is particularly in classical and pre-classical authors consulted, while later forms of Latin lexicon of Lewis and Short is relevant. Both lexicons are widely used in the English-speaking world and is known beyond that.