Oxford Latin Dictionary

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Never before online, the full text of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD) is completely integrated with the Latin texts on OSEO. Books 1, 2, 6-11 Lundstrˆm-Josephson Uppsala 1897-1955 Books 3-5, 12 Ash, Forster-Heffner L 1941-55 The Greek Comedy module includes the Oxford Classical Texts of Menander and Aristophanes, alongside in-depth commentaries such as Dover’s Frogs, and more.

Increasing numbers of Oxford University Press’s Greek and Latin editions and translations are now available as part of Oxford Scholarly Editions Online (OSEO). Discover authoritative commentaries and critical editions, including the Oxford Classical Texts series, and read texts and translations of all the major works side by side. OSEO's Latin modules Search the complete text of over 1,700 scholarly editions — browse each text’s editor’s record of important variations, and interpretative and explanatory notes Read Pliny’s famous account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, with the English translation alongside.Highlight any word in a Latin text to open up the OLD widget – it will take you straight to the dictionary entry.

As the world’s most authoritative dictionary of Classical Latin, the monumental, two-volume Oxford Latin Dictionary offers unsurpassed coverage of the language of Rome from its beginnings until AD 200. More than half a century in the making and originally published as a series of fascicles in 1968, a single-volume reference work in 1982, and now this indispensable resource is available in a revised and freshly redesigned two-volume second edition. Alternative spellings, declensions, etc. are sometimes indicated by Greek letters, Again, equally important forms are shown by α, β, γ, etc., minor variants by β, γ, etc. Vowels Bks. 1-10, 21-30 Conway etc. OCT 1914-35 Bks. 31-8 Mueller T 1929-30 Bks. 39-40 Heraeus T 1931 Bks. 41-5 Giarratano Rome 1933 fragmenta and periochae Weissenborn T 1933 Explore the Oxford Classical Text of Euripides' Herakles, in Greek and complete with scholarly apparatusNewly digitized text brings clarity and freshness, including thousands of expanded abbreviations and revised English translations

In the description of Editions used OCT, T, and L refer to Oxford Classical Texts (Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis), Bibliotheca Tuebneriana, and the Loeb Classical Library respectively. The editions cited are normally those used for the original excerpting of material. Important changes in later editions have been taken into account wherever possible. I. AUTHORS AND WORKS Abbreviation Have a question? See if someone else has already asked it in our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). Access the editions anywhere, anytime — have a consistent research discussion or teach a class across the world because everyone is using the same, trusted edition

Covers all the major Latin authors — from Catullus, Ovid, and Virgil, to Pliny The Younger, Sallust, and Tacitus. In 2012, a second edition of the dictionary was published in two volumes (the binding of the 1982 single-volume edition has a tendency to fall apart under the paper's weight); it removes some English translations now considered to be archaic, and presents the material in a clearer fashion using the Arno typeface. Print scholarly editions are necessarily a scarce resource in the university and research library. The publication of these scholarly editions online offers access to multiple users simultaneously, both on campus and remotely—providing a critical tool for research for any library.