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Digitisation of J. Riddle and T. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon (London, 1847; revised C. Anthon, New York, 1849)

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Using the Dictionary

Search1 the dictionary online here or via Logeion

The main dictionary and the dictionary of proper names have been converted to several dictionary formats by Nikita Murzintcev as part of the Latin Dictionaries project. You can download the files and access them on desktop and mobile.

Source

Scan of the the 1849 American edition, revised by C. Anthon, printed by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1864.

Riddle and Arnold's Bibliography

  • K. E. Georges Deutsch-lateinisches Handwörterbuch (1830-1834)
  • F. K. Kraft Deutsch-lateinisches Lexicon (1825)
  • J. P. Krebs Lateinischer Antibarbarus. Nebst Vorbemerkungen über Reinheit und Eleganz der Rede (1832)
  • J. C. W. L. Döderlein Handbuch der lateinischen Synonymik (1839)
  • W. Freund Wörterbuch der Lateinischen Sprache (1834)
  • E. Bonnell ed. M. Fabii Quintiliani de Institutione Oratoria Libri Duodecim: Volumen VI: Lexicon et Indices Continens (1834) (Lexicon Quintilianeum)
  • K. Reisig, F. Haase Vorlesungen über lateinische Sprachwissenschaft (1839)
  • F. G. Hand ed. Tursellinus, seu de particulis Latinis commentarii (1829-1845)
  • G. T. A. Krüger Grammatik der Lateinischen Sprache (1842)
  • J. Billerbeck Flora Classica (1824)
  • L. A. Kraus Kritisch-etymologisches mendicinisches Lexicon (1831)
  • J. C. G. Ernesti Lexicon Technologiae Latinorum Rhetoricae (1797)
  • G. C. Crusius Vollständiges Wörterbuch zu den Werken des Julius Cäsar (1838)
  • J. Billerbeck Vollständiges Wörterbuch zu den Lebensbeschreibungen des Cornelius Nepos (1825)

Linnaeus is cited for names of many flora and fauna. D. A. Wyttenbach (1746-1820) is also cited for phrases pertaining to contemporary technologies, instituions and customs.

Anthon's Bibliography

  • L.-M. Quicherat Vocabulaire des Noms Géographiques, Mythologiques, et Historiques de la Langue Latine (1846)
  • G. Mühlmann Verzeichniss der geographischen, mythologischen, und geschichtlichen Namen (1845)
  • W. Freund Wörterbuch der Lateinischen Sprache (1834)
  • R. Klotz Handwörterbuch der Lateinischen Sprache (1853-)
  • L. Sharpe Nomenclator Poëticus (1836)
  • J. Leusden Onomasticon Sacrum (1665)
  • J. Bischoff, F. Möller Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der alten, mittleren und neuen Geographie (1829)

Character Set

In addition to Latin and Polytonic Ancient Greek, the file contains the following unusual symbols:

  • The manicule ☞ U+261E
  • The quincunx pattern ⁙ U+2059
  • St. Andrew's Cross ☓ U+2613
  • Crotchet/quarter note ♩ U+2669
  • Sharp sign ♯ U+266F

Licence

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Footnotes

  1. Search page adapted from https://github.com/dcthree/woodhouse.