Smith's English-Latin Dictionary is an invaluable resource for students and teachers who are composing Latin verse and prose. It offers what smaller and less comprehensive dictionaries cannot -- semantic range, depth, and precision. Each entry is composed of an English word, its corresponding Latin equivalents, and examples drawn from a full range of classical writers. The Index of Proper Names contains the Latin forms of names of thousands of persons, places, and geographical features from Greco-Roman history and mythology, as well as the Judeo-Christian Bible.
This reprint edition of Smith and Hall's A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871) includes the original Preface, Entries, and Index of Proper Names. New to the Bolchazy-Carducci edition is a Foreword by Dirk Sacr which places Smith and Hall's dictionary in its historical and pedagogical context.The Bolchazy-Carducci reprint edition also features a new, enlarged, easier-to-read format.
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Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers Pub. Date: 1st May 2000 Catalog: Book Media: Paperback Number Of Pages: 754 Ean: 9780865164918 Isbn: 0865164916
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This is worth the money! ~ Written on Oct 8, 2008. 4 out of 4 users found this review helpful.
I put off buying this dictionary for a long time because from its picture, it looks rather diminutive. However, it approaches the size of Lewis and Short having a thousand pages and a similar heft. It has very detailed definitions for each entry with the different usages clearly laid out--including idioms. It is typeset similar to the way Lewis and Short is, however it is much more readable and looks less crammed. The reproduction is beautiful--it is very clear and crisp, not blurry at all like some facsimile texts look. The paper has a smooth, slightly glossy finish with good opacity. Of course, you are limited to words that existed in English in 1871, but this is by far the only easily available English-Latin dictionary that provides real depth and examples of usage. I highly recommend it--even if you never plan to engage in Latin Prose Composition, it is invaluable for research into how nuance would be expressed in Latin. Let's hope there's another hardcover printing one day too.
The best English-Latin dictionary in print ~ Written on Apr 12, 2003. 34 out of 35 users found this review helpful.
I've wasted a fair amount of money on other English-to-Latin dictionaries, now I can get rd of them. I risked [$$] on buying this sight unseen from Amazon, and and was well rewarded. This is a reprint of a 19th century classic. It is a large tome, clearly printed, and is not shy of neo-latin like some of our more modern references are. I bought the paperback, but it is quite well bound and sturdy, being so large.
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