Monthly Archives: April 2014

Getting excited about Latin dictionaries

For a while now I have relied on the SPQR app.  All the thrill of having your own Lewis and Short, none of the outlay.  What’s not to like. At first I thought the recent update was a godsend.  It can now parse, which saves morons like me looking up inflected forms and reaching the conclusion there is no such word.  However, the handy L&S examples have disappeared.  Never mind the rise of Wikipedia, this really is the end of civilisation.  However, there is also a new app called Latin Dictionary which has the full L&S exemplars.  Phew!

  I am trying to get out more……

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