Book contents
- Conversations on Dictionaries
- Conversations on Dictionaries
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Introduction
- 1Ancient Greek
- 2Esperanto
- 3German
- 4Chinese
- 5Hybrid Languages
- 6English
- 7French
- 8Italian
- 9Arabic
- 10Hebrew
- 11Indigenous Languages
- 12Irish
- 13African Languages
- 14Nahuatl
- 15Yiddish
- 16Portuguese
- 17Japanese
- 18Russian
- 19Quechua
- 20Scandinavian
- 21Spanish
- Epilogue
- Index
- References
1 - Ancient Greek
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 December 2025
Book contents
- Conversations on Dictionaries
- Conversations on Dictionaries
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Introduction
- 1Ancient Greek
- 2Esperanto
- 3German
- 4Chinese
- 5Hybrid Languages
- 6English
- 7French
- 8Italian
- 9Arabic
- 10Hebrew
- 11Indigenous Languages
- 12Irish
- 13African Languages
- 14Nahuatl
- 15Yiddish
- 16Portuguese
- 17Japanese
- 18Russian
- 19Quechua
- 20Scandinavian
- 21Spanish
- Epilogue
- Index
- References
Summary
This conversation focuses on the history of dictionary-making for ancient Greek, especially focused on the post-classical phase of the language in use during the time in which the New Testament and early Christian writings were produced. The discussions highlights the philological chain of dependence through the history of ancient Greek lexicons and their methodological overlap with contemporary modern language dictionaries.
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- Conversations on DictionariesThe Universe in a Book, pp. 4 - 15Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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