Lewis and Short Latin Dictionary

I want to highlight this one that's on community pricing:

http://www.logos.com/product/16014/lewis-and-shorts-latin-dictionary

We missed out on being able to get the Oxford Latin Dictionary, leaving this with our only really option for a comprehensive Latin dictionary. Don't let it die in community pricing - for those of you with an interest in Latin, jump on board and help us get this one into production.

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Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :)

Placed a bid last year; hoping for more.

Keep Smiling [:)]

NB.Mick

I want to highlight this one that's on community pricing:

http://www.logos.com/product/16014/lewis-and-shorts-latin-dictionary

We missed out on being able to get the Oxford Latin Dictionary, leaving this with our only really option for a comprehensive Latin dictionary. Don't let it die in community pricing - for those of you with an interest in Latin, jump on board and help us get this one into production.

I'm in on the current price since Last Christmas - however I note that my Logos library contains http://www.logos.com/product/3504/collins-latin-dictionary-and-grammar (which is nice, since the Latin language Perseus texts are keyed to there lemmas, this opens up on double-click) as well as http://www.logos.com/product/2138/dictionary-of-the-vulgate-new-testament . But: both of these give short glosses only, much like Newman ( http://www.logos.com/product/1793/greek-english-dictionary-of-the-new-testament ) in the Greek language.

To educate potential buyers, one should therefore note that

Lewis & Short seems to be THE Latin Dictionary.
It's paper version currently sells at $250 and is thoroughly high-rated on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Latin-Dictionary-Founded-Andrews-Freunds/dp/0198642016/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1330171570&sr=8-8 (interstingly, the few reviewers who offered points of critique referred to aspects such as low print quality or heavyness of the book that we won't have in Logos)
Lewis & Short is often compared to Liddell-Scott
http://www.logos.com/product/3879/liddell-and-scott-greek-english-lexicon as indispensible for the scholar wanting to interpret Latin texts
Lewis & Short covers classical as well as later Latin, thus giving access to Perseus as well as Christian texts
While Logos intends to produce the original PD version, however, this seems not very different from the current edition. If I compare Amazon's sample pages from the 2002 edition with those on the Logos CP page - e.g. on Aba, abactus - I see no difference.
Some reviewers on Amazon felt Lewis & Short to be much better than the OLD (see this very detailed review:
http://www.amazon.com/Oxford-Latin-Dictionary-P-Glare/product-reviews/0198642245/ref=cm_cr_pr_hist_2?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&filterBy=addTwoStar )

So: come on board!

Juanita

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/342248#Comment_342248

Jumped on board. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

Butters

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/342248#Comment_342248

To educate potential buyers, one should therefore note that

Lewis & Short seems to be THE Latin Dictionary.

It's paper version currently sells at $250 and is thoroughly high-rated on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Latin-Dictionary-Founded-Andrews-Freunds/dp/0198642016/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1330171570&sr=8-8 (interstingly, the few reviewers who offered points of critique referred to aspects such as low print quality or heavyness of the book that we won't have in Logos)

Lewis & Short is often compared to Liddell-Scott http://www.logos.com/product/3879/liddell-and-scott-greek-english-lexicon as indispensible for the scholar wanting to interpret Latin texts

Lewis & Short covers classical as well as later Latin, thus giving access to Perseus as well as Christian texts

While Logos intends to produce the original PD version, however, this seems not very different from the current edition. If I compare Amazon's sample pages from the 2002 edition with those on the Logos CP page - e.g. on Aba, abactus - I see no difference.

Some reviewers on Amazon felt Lewis & Short to be much better than the OLD (see this very detailed review: http://www.amazon.com/Oxford-Latin-Dictionary-P-Glare/product-reviews/0198642245/ref=cm_cr_pr_hist_2?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&filterBy=addTwoStar )

Very well said - I hope that more people will bid on this. To my way of thinking, Dictionaries like this are not like just any resource - one that some might have need for, but not others. It's something nearly everyone would benefit from to one degree or another.

Lewis & Short is essential to Logos!

Please bid!

[:)]

Beloved Amodeo

We missed out on being able to get the Oxford Latin Dictionary, leaving this with our only really option for a comprehensive Latin dictionary. Don't let it die in community pricing - for those of you with an interest in Latin, jump on board and help us get this one into production.

Couldn't agree with you more. And the elegant plea by NB Mick is on point. I've been in since last year and even upped my bid to the maximum, convinced that this text is one of those resources you'll use again and again.

$24 is a steal. For those of you that understand the usefulness of this resource and its essential value, I urge you to up your bids!

Bruce Dunning

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/509648#Comment_509648

I placed my bid for this a while back. Although I know very little Latin I would like to learn and this resource seems critical for that.

Deacon Steve

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/509763#Comment_509763

I started my bid awhile back at $30 and still think it's a great value at that. It seems that the system is saying that $24 will succeed but, I would recommend bumping to $30 or more. We really need to get this one going!

[:)]

Butters

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/510079#Comment_510079

I've bid $38 - to be honest, I'd pay a LOT more for this resource; however, I'm still trying to learn the ropes of bidding and all that, so I'll keep it there for a while. Something like this is worth many times the bidding range, in my opinion.

Kent

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/510139#Comment_510139

I bid $30 back on June 17, and will keep it there.

Milford Charles Murray

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/509648#Comment_509648

We missed out on being able to get the Oxford Latin Dictionary, leaving this with our only really option for a comprehensive Latin dictionary. Don't let it die in community pricing - for those of you with an interest in Latin, jump on board and help us get this one into production.

Couldn't agree with you more. And the elegant plea by NB Mick is on point. I've been in since last year and even upped my bid to the maximum, convinced that this text is one of those resources you'll use again and again.

$24 is a steal. For those of you that understand the usefulness of this resource and its essential value, I urge you to up your bids!

Thanks, Beloved! I just "upped" my bid! *smile* Peace!

M. David Johnson

I've placed my bid. Meanwhile ...

I have no experience with Latin at all.

My Logos 5 system includes Mahoney's Overview of Latin Syntax, Lewis' An Elementary Latin Dictionary, and Whitaker's Dictionary of Latin Forms. I'm currently reading through Hodge's Systematic Theology which has numerous passages in Latin. Will the above three books on Latin be sufficient to help me understand those passages ( assuming liberal use of the very rudimentary iGoogleTranslate ), or would you recommend that I add something else ( currently available ) to my library.

I don't want to become a Latin scholar - I just want to be able to stumble through.

fgh

I guess Logos must have decided to fast track this resource:

Bruce Dunning

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/534271#Comment_534271

I guess Logos must have decided to fast track this resource:

I'm not sure I would call that fast tracking. Isn't it more promoting since it is still less that 60%? Perhaps that's what you mean by fast tracking.

fgh

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/534281#Comment_534281

You didn't get my irony?[:)]

It looks to me like that phrase must be either a lie, or a promise. And they couldn't possibly lie to us, could they? Christians don't do that. So it must be a promise.[:)]

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/534288#Comment_534288

I like the irony. I perused the want adds ref'd on the Logos blog. I was surprised one of the requirements for the marketing positions was 'Appreciation for irony'. So much of their work demands irony.

But more seriously, I don't understand why latin CPs and PPs don't 'move'. It's like the holy ghost language is still with us. I hate to point this out, but learning and studying Ugarit is better supported in Logosland. Now, Ugarit DOES trace to early greek. So it makes sense. Latin doesn't lead to greek.

Bruce Dunning

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/534288#Comment_534288

You didn't get my irony?

It looks to me like that phrase must be either a lie, or a promise. And they couldn't possibly lie to us, could they? Christians don't do that. So it must be a promise.

Sorry, I just plain missed it.

Bruce Dunning

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/534294#Comment_534294

But more seriously, I don't understand why latin CPs and PPs don't 'move'. It's like the holy ghost language is still with us. I hate to point this out, but learning and studying Ugarit is better supported in Logosland. Now, Ugarit DOES trace to early greek. So it makes sense. Latin doesn't lead to greek.

I too don't understand this. Personally I think that fewer people read Latin these days, I being one of them. But this actually has spurred me on to learn the language and order these resources.

Butters

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/534288#Comment_534288

You didn't get my irony?

It looks to me like that phrase must be either a lie, or a promise. And they couldn't possibly lie to us, could they? Christians don't do that. So it must be a promise.

I truly admire thy impeccable reasoning. [;)]

~Butters [:)]

Sean

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/534343#Comment_534343

Thanks for bumping this. I'm in; I need a better Latin dictionary. I don't generally like to pay for PD resources, but this is one of those time where it looks like it would well be worth the cost.

George Somsel

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/534294#Comment_534294

I hate to point this out, but learning and studying Ugarit is better supported in Logosland. Now, Ugarit DOES trace to early greek. So it makes sense. Latin doesn't lead to greek.

Ugarit traces to Greek, but Latin doesn't ? Denise, what have you been smoking?

fgh

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/534288#Comment_534288

7th from the top and above 80%! That promise is looking an awful lot more fulfillable than it did a week ago:

Kennet

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/536433#Comment_536433

I have upped my bid to $38. I'd pay way more than $38 for that resource.

Kennet

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/536881#Comment_536881

More bids are needed to put "Lewis and Short Latin Dictionary" over the top. Get bidding!

Beloved Amodeo

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/558725#Comment_558725

Go L&S! [<:o)]

bump

Bruce Dunning

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/558804#Comment_558804

Go L&S!

[Y]

It's getting close!

Beloved Amodeo

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/558807#Comment_558807

It's getting close!

Your so right Bruce!

Now for those who feel you may be late for the party no need there's still time and actually you'll be playing the critical roll of possibly lowering the price for an already dirt cheap quality reference resource. With a fresh flood of bids we can see this baby balloon over the top this or next Friday. See where we're at now! https://www.logos.com/product/16014/lewis-and-shorts-latin-dictionary

Look at the price for hard copy on AMZ ! If you miss this you will be kicking yourself for a long time. Think of the fun you can have and not to mention the usefulness it will serve when reading some of your Perseus titles or deciphering those state or university mottoes . This is the LSJ of Latin Dictionaries truly a no brainer. Over the top this or next Friday!