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Re: Latin Dictionary Recommendation



Fred Schreiber's listing of the three dictionaries is similar to what I
was about to send.  I would add only that if you wish to use a dictionary
for Renaissance usage (Vesalius, for example), the Cassell's dictionary is
particularly good as it gives the so-called transformed usages, which
match the Renaissance usage rather closely.  I work a lot with 16th- and
17th-century astronomy, and for this it is very helpful to have an
18th-century copy of Ainsworth's Dictionary, which matches the use when
Latin was still a live language for international science.  

OWEN GINGERICH


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