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| Author | P. G. W. Glare |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Publication date | 1968 to 1982; reprinted with corrections 1996; 2nd edition 2012 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 2,400 |
| ISBN | 978-0-19-958031-6 |
| 473/.21 19 | |
| LC Class | PA2365 .E5 O9 2012 |
The Oxford Latin Dictionary (or OLD) is the standard English lexicon of Classical Latin, compiled from sources written before AD 200. Begun in 1933, it was published in fascicles between 1968 and 1982; a lightly revised second edition was released in 2012.
The dictionary was created in order to meet the need for a more modern Latin-English dictionary than Lewis & Short's A Latin Dictionary (1879),[1] while being less ambitious in scope than the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (in progress). It was based on a new reading of classical sources in the light of the advances in lexicography in creating the Oxford English Dictionary.
- ^ Stray, Christopher (3 May 2012). "The bizarre history of the Oxford Latin Dictionary". OUPblog. Retrieved 19 October 2013.