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Re: [romconlang] question - Latin/English glossary?



On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 10:21:06AM -0700, Padraic Brown wrote:
> 
> --- rodlox <rodlox@hidden.email> wrote:
> 
> > 
> >  does anyone know where there's a good
> > Latin-English glossary?
> 
> There are many good Latin dictionaries. Cassell's
> makes a good two way dictionary. Any book store
> will have a number of inexpensive ones.

I agree that a book may be more useful than an online
resource.   However, you can find an online version of
Lewis and Short's dictionary at the Perseus project:

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/resolveform?lang=Latin

I'm not overly fond of Cassell's paperback edition, personally.
It is inconsistent about indicating vowel length (sometimes
it does, and sometimes it doesn't), and even when it does
the type setting makes it difficult to distinguish between
the macron and breve.  Since vowel length tends to
be important in the evolution of sounds in a romlang,
this is quite frustrating.

I prefer my Collins Gem dictionary, which is smaller but
easier to read.

-Marcos