Oxford Latin Dictionary

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Book description from Amazon.com:
Fifty years in the making, the Oxford Latin Dictionary is the first Latin-English dictionary based on a fresh reading of original sources. The Dictionary was published in eight fascicles between 1968 and 1982 and is now available in a single bound volume. Features of the Oxford Latin Dictionary BL First Latin-English dictionary composed directly from original sources BL Comprehensive coverage of classical Latin with entries for approximately 40,000 words BL Based on a collection of over one million quotations that illustrate the meaning and use of Latin words from the earliest known instance BL Definitions are in modern English and based on modern lexicographical principles BL Up-to-date with the inclusion of better texts as well as epigraphical material that was previously unavailable The Oxford Latin Dictionary is a comprehensive and authoritative reference work for students, teachers, professionals, and general readers interested in classical languages and literature, ancient history, medieval studies, languages, art history, ancient philosophy, religion, archeology, law, medicine, and natural science.

A reader's opinion from the same site:

"Yes, it is expensive. But I have found no ancient language dictionary which can compare to it in terms of organization, clarity and fullness of example sentences. This dictionary has a format almost identical to "The Shorter Oxford ENGLISH Dictionary". In other words, it is organized like the very best of modern dictionaries. The meanings given are very good (like in the Shorter Oxford). I almost never refer to my "Lewis and Short" now that I have this -- there is NO comparison."





Great post! Many thanks, UncleanSpirit.

it does not work.

Saying "it does not work" isn't accurate or helpful. What is the problem, specifically?

Thank You!

Wow, amazing, thank you! :)

thank you very much

any chance anyone could convert this to PDF?

PDF version is 330 MB. That's why I converted it to DJVU as I explained in my original news but it didn't make it to the main news body text. Let me make it clear, I didn't scan this, I just converted it to DJVU format. It took over 24 hours of unattended run-time on my fastest machine.

"Almost 40 years in the making and valued at $315 US, this is the largest and most detailed Latin dictionary to date. Scanned at 600 DPI and compressed to an incredible 139 MB with DJVU technology. Previously available here at AvaxHome at a size of 346 MB, the archive size has been reduced 60% with DJVU for easier download and storage while sacrificing no loss of detail. Credit goes to the original AvaxHome member vidra for making this massive book available!"

PDF Version: /ebooks/oxford-latin-dictionary.html

Thanks a lot for the post UncleanSpirit. Unfortunately, I had problems with opening the file. When I click on the djvu file,
a djvu window opens with the message "failed to open". I downloaded the two parts again, extracted them but still had the same
problem. Do you have any idea about the possible reasons? Thank you in advance.

Thank You...

Dear UncleanSpirit,

Both stand-alone DjVu viewer and IE7 with DjVu plug-in failed to open the file with following error message:

Failed to open D:/Downloads/Oxford Latin Dictionary.djvu/#.bmp0001.djvu

But still thank you for your efforts