[B-Greek] looking for a specific Lexikon

+Fr Patrick B O'Grady fatherpatrick at fastmail.fm
Sun Oct 5 21:07:31 EDT 2008


TOIS FILOTATOIS BIBLIOELLHNIKAITESI, 
XAIREIN! Perhaps someone on this list can help me locate a certain
lexikon. There exists a very full lexikon of the Greek language
throughout its course--a universal lexikon. The author and title follow:
Demetrios B. Demetrakou, Neon Lexikon. It provides every single word,
from all periods, which in this lexikon are identified as archaic,
medieval (mesaiwnikhs), katharevousa, and demotic. This lexikon, I am
told, exists in an unabridged, 15 volume set (thus, it includes
citations), as well as an abridged edition. I am working on a project,
with someone else, to prepare a universal lexikon in English (all
periods). The nice thing about this lexikon is that it shows which words
prevail in meaning through time and which are (were) more ephemeral. For
example, if a given word was in use in the hellenistic period down
through the Byzantine period, it would be marked (A, M), signifying
archaic and medieval.
If anyone can put me on the trail to this lexikon, I would be ever so
grateful!

"Repentance is the returning from the unnatural into the natural state, from the devil to God, through discipline and effort." -- St. John of Damascus (8th century)




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