Description

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Tags: Latin, Reference, Lang:en

Summary

A fully electronic Latin dictionary based on Charlton T. Lewis', An Elementary Latin Dictionary (Now includes Lewis & Short entries, too!)
-Configurable as Kindle Default Dictionary on all devices that support this. (See note below)
-Most inflections are recognized
-Extensive definitions including etymologies and usage examples
-Vowel lengths (macra) are included
-A serious Latin dictionary

Kindle Fire, HD, etc users please note that as of this writing (March 2013) no color Kindle devices are able to install any dictionaries beyond those that are built-in. As this may change in the future, please check the appropriate Amazon help page.

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From the Author

This dictionary represents about 2 years of work. There are still some things to be done and I will continue to work on it and publish updates. These are free. Amazon will send you an email if the update is considered "major", otherwise you can go to the "manage your kindle" page on Amazon and check it yourself.

I will do my best to improve the functionality of the dictionary in the coming months.

Updates:
[see below] March 17-- Added list of authors , abbreviations and, most importantly, a table of roots** with links to the main dictionary. i.e. roots that appear in brackets such as, "[QUAES-]", are now linked to their details at the end of the dictionary. Touching the link will take you directly there.

June 10-- Combined with Lewis & Short's A Latin Dictionary! This has doubled the size of the dictionary to over 50,000 entries. Many proper names are now included. The table of roots has been dropped, however. I may add it again later.
Also, the layout has been adapted to make viewing more pleasurable. All additional meanings in an entry (marked by a long dash) now appear on a new line.
----What's Next?----What's Needed?-----
There is still work to do, especially in the word-form recognition These dictionaries often don't recognize words that don't employ assimilation such as 'adcipio' for 'accipio'.
The next update (in summer of 2013) should address this, as well as introduce many more entries from post-classical Latin.

June 26-- tweaked the file to properly recognize the Proper names.