Latin Lexicography Research Articles

Introduction

Abstract The papers gathered in this Special Issue cover different phases of ancient, medieval, and modern Greek and Latin and explore an array of issues and trends dealing with historical aspects of Greek and Latin lexicography. The articles have been organized into three thematic units following chronological order: (i) ancient Greek and Latin lexicography; (ii) Greco-Latin lexicography in late antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the modern world; and (iii) uses, perspectives, and ongoing projects in Greco-Latin lexicography. Some papers address more formal issues (linguistic, morphological, semantic, and syntactic) relevant to the study of Greek and Latin lexicography, while other contributions deal with ongoing lexicographical projects, offering fresh perspectives on the future of lexicography.

Second-Century CE Lexicography: Genre or a Literary Current of Language, Politics, and Social Dynamics?

Abstract This paper discusses Greek and Latin lexicography and its literary and socio-cultural manifestations during the second century CE. I argue that Imperial lexicography had an actualized social existence that went beyond the recording of lemmata. More specifically, I maintain that lexicographers used their works not only as technical records and manuals but to legitimize (or not) linguistic forms alongside social phenomena. Additionally, other authors of the High Empire modulated the essence of linguistic idiosyncrasies and incorporated them into literary genres beyond lexica; they thus considered issues of identity and belonging against the backdrop of lexical propriety. This contribution closely studies Moeris and Phrynichus as well as Lucian and Aulus Gellius to show how lexicography transcended literary genre to become a modus dicendi vivendique.

A few Thomas’ Neologisms (from the Commentary on John) not registered in Lexicons. A contribution to the study of Thomas’ language and Medieval Latin Lexicography

Our objective is twofold: 1) to point out the convenience of incorporating some possible neologisms or other words found in Aquinas’ Commentary on John in future editions of lexicons or in new works devoted to Medieval Latin; 2) to reflect on the problems that a nonspecialist reader may face when consulting the common Latin dictionaries.

Latin Lexicography - Glinister (F.), Woods (C.) (edd.) with North (J.A.), Crawford (M.H.) Verrius, Festus, & Paul. Lexicography, Scholarship, and Society. (BICS Supplement 93.) Pp. xiv + 191. London: Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, 2007. Paper, £25. ISBN: 978-1-905670-06-2.

Latin Lexicography - Glinister (F.), Woods (C.) (edd.) with North (J.A.), Crawford (M.H.) Verrius, Festus, &amp; Paul. Lexicography, Scholarship, and Society. (<i>BICS</i> Supplement 93.) Pp. xiv + 191. London: Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, 2007. Paper, £25. ISBN: 978-1-905670-06-2.

A project for Latin Lexicography: 2. A Latin morphological analyzer

This article describes a second aspect of the Project for Latin Lexicography (see previous article). We here concentrate on two aspects of the project. First, we describe the morphological analyzer, which comprises a base dictionary, a table of suffixes, a table of endings and a table of postfixes. Second, we describe the lemmatization module, which operates by reference to a series of grammatical codes or information given for the base, and reference codes.

A project for Latin Lexicography: 1. Automatic lemmatization and word-list

A cooperative team of researchers from various Italian universities are collaborating on a project for Latin lexicography. This article describes the linguistic work being done on the Latin language. The various problems — and their solutions — are discussed: allographs, homographs, source material and classification methods, word searching, etc.

Lexicography in the Middle Ages

Lexicography in the Middle Ages. This paper gives a short historical survey of Latin lexicography as it developed in the Middle Ages, focusing especially on Papias, Osbern of Gloucester, Hugucio, John Balbi, and William Brito. It treats the various techniques used by medieval lexicographers, in particular glossography and the derivation method. The latter is discussed in more detail because it was much more complex, and it prepared the way for a new kind of almost modern-looking dictionaries. A third technique, that of alphabetization, is taken into account as far as lexicography is concerned. The article considers, as well, the vocabulary used by lexicographers to describe their own methods and their products. The evolution of medieval lexicography, and in particular its thirteenth-century achievement, is shown to be the basis of our modern dictionaries.

Some Techniques in Mediaeval Latin Lexicography

Previous articleNext article No AccessSome Techniques in Mediaeval Latin LexicographyLloyd W. Daly and B. A. DalyLloyd W. Daly Search for more articles by this author and B. A. Daly Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Speculum Volume 39, Number 2Apr., 1964 The journal of the Medieval Academy of America Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2307/2852727 Views: 10Total views on this site Citations: 7Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1964 The Mediaeval Academy of AmericaPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Alessia Pezzella Togipurium o togipura? Sondaggi lessicali tra Oriente e Occidente, Glotta 97, no.11 (Feb 2021): 222–245.https://doi.org/10.13109/glot.2021.97.1.222Laura Biondi Sur quelques mots et leur parcours dans la lexicographie latine du Moyen Âge et de l'Humanisme, Histoire Epistémologie Langage 39, no.22 (Apr 2018): 153–176.https://doi.org/10.1051/hel/2017390208 Bibliography, (Mar 2014): 578–603.https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118932667.biblioNigel J. Morgan, Rodney M. Thomson The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, 2 (Nov 2008).https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521782180M. B. Parkes Layout and presentation of the text, (Mar 2008): 55–74.https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521782180.006Michel Lemoine La Lexicographie, (Jan 1990): 829–835.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3649-7_13 Bernice M. Kaczynski Some St. Gall Glosses on Greek Philanthropic Nomenclature, Speculum 58, no.44 (Oct 2015): 1008–1017.https://doi.org/10.2307/2853793

James Francis O'Donnell: The Vocabulary of the Letters of Saint Gregory the Great, A Study in Late Latin Lexicography. (The Catholic University of America Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Latin, vol. II.) Pp. xx + 212. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America, 1934. Paper.

James Francis O'Donnell: The Vocabulary of the Letters of Saint Gregory the Great, A Study in Late Latin Lexicography. (The Catholic University of America Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Latin, vol. II.) Pp. xx + 212. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America, 1934. Paper. - Volume 48 Issue 5

The Vocabulary of the Moral-Ascetical works of Saint Ambrose. A Study in Latin Lexicography. (Catholic University of America Patristic Studies, Vol. x). By Sister Mary Finbarr Barry. Brookland, D.C.: The Catholic Education Press. 1926. 6 × 9 pp. 287.

The Vocabulary of the Moral-Ascetical works of Saint Ambrose. A Study in Latin Lexicography. (Catholic University of America Patristic Studies, Vol. x). By Sister Mary Finbarr Barry. Brookland, D.C.: The Catholic Education Press. 1926. 6 × 9 pp. 287.

Contributions to Late Latin Lexicography

Contributions to Late Latin Lexicography

A Contribution to Latin Lexicography

A Contribution to Latin Lexicography