Comparison of Ancient Greek dictionaries explained

The following tables compare Ancient Greek dictionaries, in any language.

Main lexicographical works

TitlePublisher/authorFirst publisheddata-sort-type="number" Latest editionYearPagesEntries (approx.)source citationsvolumesTranslation languagePeriod coveredNotes
Thesaurus Graecae Linguae Henri Estienne1572Latin
Kritisches griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch Johann Gottlob Schneider1797German
Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache Franz Passow18194th1831German
Griechisch-Deutsches HandwörterbuchWilhelm Pape1842German
A Greek–English Lexicon Liddell, Scott, Jones, McKenzie1843 9th 1940 (9th edition), 1996 (supplement), plus 320 pages of the 1996 supplementEnglish8th c. BCE – 2nd c. CE
Dictionnaire grec-françaisAnatole Bailly189526th2020107,8091French
A Lexicon of the Homeric DialectRichard John Cunliffe192432012427, plus 64 supplemental9809>46,9001EnglishHomeric
Vocabolario greco-italiano Lorenzo Rocci19393rd19431ItalianIn 2011 was released a new edition with restyled graphics and some corrections and modernizations
A Patristic Greek LexiconGeoffrey Hugo Lampe19611,5681English2nd c. CE – 9th c. CE
Diccionario Griego-Español Spanish National Research Council19802019[1] 1,953 (up to ἐπισκήνωσις, vol.VIII)8 (up to ἐπισκήνωσις)[2] SpanishMycenaean - 6th c. CEIn progress, up to ἐπισκήνωσις.
GI - Vocabolario della lingua greca Franco Montanari19953rd20131Italian8th c. BCE – 6th c. CE
Cambridge Greek Lexicon James Diggle et al., Cambridge University Press2021[3] approx+[4] 2English8th c. BCE – 2nd c. CE (up to Plutarch)

Translated editions of dictionaries

TitlePublisher/authorFirst
published
data-sort-type="number" Latest
edition
YearPagesEntries
(approx.)
Source
citations
VolumesTranslation
language
Period
covered
Translation
from
Dizionario illustrato greco-italianoLiddell, Scott, Jones, McKenzie, Q. Cataudella, M. Manfredi, F. Di Benedetto1975>1ItalianMiddle Liddell
GE -The Brill Dictionary of Ancient GreekFranco Montanari, Madeleine Goh, Chad Schroeder 20151English8th c. BCE – 6th c. CE Italian 3rd edition
GD - Wörterbuch Griechisch-DeutschFranco Montanari, Michael Meier-Brügger, Paul Dräger 20231German8th c. BCE – 6th c. CE Italian 3rd edition
Σύγχρονο λεξικό της αρχαίας ελληνικής γλώσσαςFranco Montanari, Αντώνιος Ρεγκάκος20133rd20181Modern Greek8th c. BCE – 6th c. CE Italian 3rd edition

Etymological and other dictionaries

TitlePublisher/authorFirst publisheddata-sort-type="number" Latest editionYearPagesEntries (approx.)source citationsvolumesTranslation languagePeriod coveredNotes
Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecquePierre Chantraine19681980+ 78pp. supplement 4 (in a single vol. in 2009)French
Etymological Dictionary of GreekRobert Beekes2009+ 64pp. introduction2English

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Editorial CSIC : Libro : Diccionario griego-español. Volumen VIII. 2021-12-22. editorial.csic.es. 2021-12-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20211222143306/http://editorial.csic.es/publicaciones/libros/12928/978-84-00-10594-5/diccionario-griego-espanol-volumen-viii.html. live.
  2. Web site: Diccionario Griego-Español (DGE) VIII exauros - episkenosis. 10261/201547. 2024-06-02. 2024-03-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20240317141810/https://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/201547. live.
  3. Web site: Holroyd . A. J. . Publication of the Cambridge Greek Lexicon . www.classics.cam.ac.uk . en . 13 April 2021 . 2 June 2024 . 25 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220525103921/https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/news/publication-cambridge-greek-lexicon . live .
  4. https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/research/projects/glp/methodology Methodology and Future Use