Thesaurus Linguae Latinae
The Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (abbreviated as ThLL or TLL) is a monumental dictionary of Latin founded on historical principles. It encompasses the Latin language from the time of its origin to the time of Isidore of Seville (died 636).
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The project was founded in 1894 by Eduard Wölfflin.[1] At the time, the researchers thought it would take up to 20 years to complete the thesaurus.[1] Today, it is expected that the work will be completed around the year 2050. The last fascicle of the P-volume appeared in 2010, and work is currently under way on both N and R. The institution that carries out the work of the dictionary is located in Munich, in the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities.[2][1] Wölfflin described the entries in the TLL as "biographies" rather than definitions.[1]
The offices of the TLL contain copies of all surviving Latin texts from 600 CE and earlier.[1] The stacks contain boxes that collectively contain about 10 million slips on which is "every surviving piece of writing from the classical period", sorted into usage categories by word.[1] For example, there are about 90,000 slips for the word 'et' and 50,000 for the word 'non'.[1] These are used as source material to create entries for each word in the thesaurus.
In 2019, the TLL posted PDF copies of each entry on its website.[1]
References
Citations
- Quinn, Annalisa (2019-11-30). "Latin Dictionary's Journey: A to Zythum in 125 years (and counting)". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
- Holmes, N. Questions and Answers, Thesaurus Linguae Latinae, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften. 12/7/2007.
External links
- Thesaurus Linguae Latinae website
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