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Classics: Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
Print/CD sources
Find these resources in the GVSU libraries
- Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL)Latin lexicon that attempts to catalogue thoroughly the use of the language in surviving Latin texts to 600 A.D. Located at PA2361.T44
- Oxford Latin dictionaryTwo volume set. Located at PA2365 .E5 O9
- Cassell’s new Latin dictionaryLatin-English, English-Latin. Located at PA2365.L3 C3 1959
- Greek-English lexicon, compiled by Henry George Liddell and Robert ScottThe famous Liddell/Scott dictionary. Located at PA445.E5 L6
Online sources
- Collins Latin DictionaryUse the search box down the page, not the search box at the top
- Perseus Dictionary Headword Lookup ToolSearch Greek, Latin, or English
- Liddell, Scott, Jones Ancient Greek Lexicon (LSJ)Perhaps the best known Ancient Greek-English dictionary
- Dictionary of languagesHas articles about various ancient or classical languages.
Use the search box down the page, not the search box at the top - Oxford Classical DictionaryThird edition of this well-known encyclopedia edited by Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth.
- Oxford Dictionary of ByzantiumExhaustive in its coverage, this is the standard research tool on 1,100 years of Byzantine history.
Use the search box that says "Search within work" down the left side, not the search box at the top. - Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic WorldProvides scholarly essays on places, persons, topics, and events, complemented by maps, images, and some video and sound files
- Late Antiquity: A Guide to The Postclassical WorldUse the search box down the page, not the search box at the top
- Who's Who in Classical MythologyDetailed entries on all the major gods and heroes. Use the search box that says "Search within this title", not the search box at the top
- Greenwood encyclopedia of folktales and fairy talesFocuses on folk, fairy, and fantasy tales. This link will take you to vol 1 of 3
- Credo ReferenceDictionaries and encyclopedias about many topics, including Classics topics, combined into one searchable database.
Abbreviations
- Oxford Classical Dictionary Abbreviations ListAn extensive list of abbreviations for Latin and Greek words, titles, authors, and works that often appear in references to primary source documents. Use Ctrl-F to search.
- Liddell-Scott Author Abbreviation ListList of ancient authors and the abbreviations commonly used to refer to them. Abbreviations can be found in red, in square brackets [ ]. Use Ctrl-F to search.
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