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Why are verbs often listed under their first person singular form and not under infinitive as in many other languages?
The natural way of listing verbs in dictionaries is by infinitive, but this is not the case in many Latin dictionaries. Why? Were there some of the first Latin dictionaries using first person singular as the verb's base form?
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How do you make sense of this entry in the lexicon LSJ (Liddell, Scott, Jones)?
I think this is a good question for this forum, since the LSJ is commonly used by this community and probably follows the conventions typical of other dictionaries. I'm hoping someone can help me make better sense of lexicon entries, not just in the…
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What is L&S not good for?
The Lewis and Short dictionary seem ubiquitous in this site. I have yet to get used to use it, being Wiktionary my main source of reference. However, when reading in Wikipedia about the Oxford Latin Dictionary, I read:
Although Lewis and Short's…
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Dagger Sign in Diogenes dictionary
Can somebody explain what does this Dagger Sign mean in Diogenes presenting dictionary entries from perseus word study tool?
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In the Dickinson Core Vocabulary why is vos given as an adjective, but tu as a pronoun?
In the Dickinson core vocabulary, they categorize the part of speech of vos as an adjective, but the singular tu as a pronoun. Is this just a typo in their database or is there some reason for the distinction? Note that both are listed as being in…
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Is there a Latin dictionary that indicates word frequency?
Of all the dictionaries out there, do any indicate the frequency of words (e.g. from very frequent to very rare)?
My problem is that sometimes I learn a random page in my Latin dictionary but I don't know if the words there are rare words for which…
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How do you choose the correct meaning of a word from a dictionary?
An example: carpere could mean many different things or related things:
to seize, to pick, to pluck, to gather, to browse, to tear off
to graze, to crop
(wool) to tease, to pull out, to card
to separate, to divide, to tear down
to carve
to…
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What is the best online Latin dictionary?
I'm familiar with perseus.tufts.edu and perseus.uchicago.edu and www.online-latin-dictionary.com. But I was curious to know what do you think is the best free online Latin dictionary?
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