I used both Glare and Lewis & Short and supplemented them with a
multi-volume work on Latin by Latham (sp.?) that I was buying. I liked my
Liddell & Scott (old things a rapture hold) and plan to buy another (used).
Scott Catledge
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John Briggs
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On 20/09/2010 22:19, Tom Ikins wrote:
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> A point here, Libraries track withdrawals of circulating books and
re-shelving of both circulating and reference books. I found that the Lewis&
Short Greek Dictionary that I regularly read in the reference section of the
local library was sold off for lack of interest. I'd always carefully
returned it to the shelf because it might not be replaced the next day if I
dropped it on the cart for reshelving. Damned if you do, damned if you
don't. Best bet is to empty the shelf of books you read or might want to
read on a regular basis, maybe they'll expand their selection.
The Greek lexicon is Liddell & Scott (the Liddell in question was the
father of Lewis Carroll's Alice, so it's hardly cutting edge...) Lewis &
Short is the Latin dictionary, also extremely venerable, so you're
really better off with the Oxford Latin Dictionary [Glare] which has
effectively replaced it.
John Briggs
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