{"id":988,"date":"2015-04-14T19:46:53","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T19:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dcc\/?p=988"},"modified":"2015-04-14T19:47:56","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T19:47:56","slug":"searching-in-lewis-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dcc\/2015\/04\/14\/searching-in-lewis-short\/","title":{"rendered":"Searching in Lewis and Short"},"content":{"rendered":"

A little known but extremely useful resource for Latin composition is the digitization of Lewis & Short done at the University of Chicago:<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/perseus.uchicago.edu\/Reference\/lewis.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Search the FULL TEXT of this dictionary for an English word to find every entry in Lewis & Short where that English word appears. Sort through the various Latin words that pop up until you find one that approximates what you want to say.<\/p>\n

For example, a search for “silk” yields the following cornucopia of terms, all classically attested, or at least attested within the generous limits of L&S.<\/p>\n

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  1. birrus n., Aug. Serm. Divers. 49), = \u03c0\u03c5\u03c1\u03c1\u03cc\u03c2 (of yellow color), a cloak to keep off rain (made of silk or wool)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. bombycinus , a, um, adj. bombyx, of silk, silken (cf. sericus): vestis, Plin. 11, 22, 26, \u00a7 76: panniculus,<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      1. bombycinus (page 243) 14, 24; Dig. 34, 2, 23, \u00a7 1.\u2014Subst.: bomb\u0233c\u012dna, \u014drum, n., silk garments, Mart. 11, 50, 5; 8, 68, 7; App. M. 8, p. 214, 6.\u2014And<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        1. bombycinus (page 243) 11, 50, 5; 8, 68, 7; App. M. 8, p. 214, 6.\u2014And bomb\u0233c\u012dnum, i, n., a silk texture or web, Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 13. bombylis , is,<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          1. bombyx (page 243) (f., Plin. 11, 23, 27; Tert. Pall. 3), = \u03b2\u03cc\u03bc\u03b2\u03c5\u03be. The silk-worm, Plin. 11, 22, 25, \u00a7 75 sqq.; Mart. 8, 33, 16; Serv. ad Verg. G. 2,<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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            1. bombyx (page 243) Verg. G. 2, 121; Isid. Orig. 12, 5, 8; 19, 27, 5.\u2014 Meton. That which is made of silk, a silken garment, silk: Arabius, Arabian (the best), Prop. 2, 3, 15: Assyria bombyx,<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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              1. bombyx (page 243) Orig. 12, 5, 8; 19, 27, 5.\u2014 Meton. That which is made of silk, a silken garment, silk: Arabius, Arabian (the best), Prop. 2, 3, 15: Assyria bombyx, Plin. 11, 23, 27, \u00a7<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                1. holosericus (page 859) holosericus , a, um, adj., = \u1f41\u03bb\u03bf\u03c3\u03b7\u03c1\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2, all of silk: vestis, Lampr. Heliog. 20; Vop. Aur. 45; id. Tac. 10; Cod. Th. 15, 9, 1. \u2014Collat. form,<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                  1. metaxa (page 1140) metaxa or m\u0103taxa, ae, f., = \u03bc\u03ad\u03c4\u03b1\u03be\u03b1 and \u03bc\u03ac\u03c4\u03b1\u03be\u03b1, raw silk, the web of silkworms. Lit., Dig. 39, 4, 16; Cod. Just. 11, 7,<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                    1. necydalus (page 1196) necydalus , i, m., = \u03bd\u03b5\u03ba\u03cd\u03b4\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2 (deathlike), the larva of the silk-worm, in the stage of metamorphosis preceding that in which it receives the name of bombyx: primum eruca fit, deinde, quod vocatur bombylius, ex eo necydalus, ex hoc in sex mensibus bombyx,<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                      1. Seres (page 1678) 11, 27, 11; Claud. in Eutr. 2.\u2014 s\u0113r\u012d-cum, i, n., Seric stuff, silk, Amm. 23, 6, 67; Sol. 50; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 17, 6; 19, 27, 5;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                        1. sericarius (page 1678) or belonging to silks: textor, Firm. Math. 8: NEGOCIATOR, Inscr. Orell. 1368; 4252.\u2014As substt. SERICARII, silk- dealers, Inscr. Fabr. p. 713, 346.\u2014 SERICARIA, ae, f., a slave who took care of silk, Inscr. Orell.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                          1. sericarius (page 1678) SERICARII, silk- dealers, Inscr. Fabr. p. 713, 346.\u2014 SERICARIA, ae, f., a slave who took care of silk, Inscr. Orell. 2955. sericatus , a, um, adj.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                            1. sericoblatta (page 1679) sericoblatta , ae, f. Sericus, a garment of purple silk, Cod. Just. 11, 8, 10; Cod. Th. 10, 20, 13; 10, 20, 18. sericum , i,<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                              1. vellus (page 1965) Calp. Ecl. 2, 7.\u2014 Of woolly material. Wool, down: velleraque ut foliis depectant tenuia Seres, i. e. the fleeces or flocks of silk, Verg. G. 2, 121.\u2014 Of light, fleecy clouds: tenuia nec lanae per caelum vellera ferri,<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                English search is not, I believe, available on Logeion, which is the successor to this site. Hopefully this older one will be kept around for a good while longer. I don’t know anything as good online for searching in English for Latin words. Thanks to Helma Dik and the U. Chicago team for all their work!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                                A little known but extremely useful resource for Latin composition is the digitization of Lewis & Short done at the University of Chicago: http:\/\/perseus.uchicago.edu\/Reference\/lewis.html Search the FULL TEXT of this dictionary for an English word to find every entry in … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61811],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-tos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}