[B-Greek] Lexica, Dictionaries, Glossaries and Worth/Utility (long ...)
Richard Ghilardi
qodeshlayhvh at juno.com
Sat Jul 19 10:03:29 EDT 2008
Hello Folks,
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:28:36 -0400 "Carl W. Conrad"
<cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu> writes:
>> Over the "Middle Liddell" as a concise but really useful ancient
> Greek
> lexicon I would recommend seeking out (I don't think it's in print,
>
> but there are lots of used copies around): the Langenscheidt Pocket
>
> Dictionary Greek\English (Classical) (Paperback)ISBN:
> 9780887290817Publisher: Langenscheidt Publishers Publish Date:
> 6/1/1985
Over Dr. Feyerabend's fine dictionary I would recomend:
The Pocket Oxford Classical Greek Dictionary
James Morwood and John Taylor, editors
Oxford University Press (2002)
ISBN: 0198605129
>From the Preface:
<< It may be that the most incredible fact about the study of classical
Greek in English-speaking countries is not that it survives, remarkable
though that phenomenon is, but rather that there has not in recent memory
existed a two-way Greek-English English-Greek dictionary. Can that be
said of any other important language? With the publication of this
dictionary, however, this is a fact no longer.
The Greek-English section of the dictionary is based on Karl Feyerabend's
Pocket Greek Dictionary (Classical Greek-English), now more than 90 years
old. We have tried to see this slim volume into the modern world, not
only by eliminating archaic English and tempering, though, we hope, not
obliterating, the Germanic influence, but also by giving more information
about a considerable number of words. We hope that what we have done will
be largely self-explanatory.
The sections on Pronunciation, Numerals, and the 'Top 101 irregular
verbs' have been reproduced from the Oxford Grammar of Classical Greek
(Oxford, 2001). Irregular verbs from the last have been marked with a
dagger in the text...
The dictionary centres on Attic Greek... However, its Feyerabend heritage
should ensure that it is also a useful aid for Homeric and New Testament
Greek.
The English-Greek section, which contains some 5000 words, is aimed at
the likely demands of today's classicist. For anyone writing Greek
sentences or proses for public examinations in schools, or for university
work, it should prove invaluable. >>
REG: In addition to the sections on pronunciation, numerals and the 101
irregular verbs, there is also a section of Proper Names and two maps,
Greece and western Asia Minor.
All in all, a significant improvement upon the earlier dictionary.
Yours in His grace,
Richard Ghilardi - qodeshlayhvh at juno.com
West Haven, Connecticut USA
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