Monday, September 23, 2013

The "big" Lewis and Short

One of the links to the right takes you to the "big" Lewis and Short (officially A Latin dictionary founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin Dictionary, revised enlarged and in great part rewritten by Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short), dating originally from 1879 but subsequently revised and updated. As I have said, because of its inclusion of later authors than the Oxford Latin Dictionary, it is the standard dictionary for those working in late antiquity and the early middle ages. It is still in print and is available from Amazon.ca for $282. At abebooks.com used versions start at $79 (plus shipping) and rapidly rise after that. But I have a copy (1962 impression) in very good condition that I would sell for $75 Canadian. If anyone is interested, please see me.