Detailed and as complete as possible Latin-German and German-Latin lexicon or dictionary

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Immanuel Johann Gerhard Scheller (author of the detailed and as complete as possible Latin-German and German-Latin lexicon or dictionary ). Engraving after a painting around 1800

The detailed and as complete as possible Latin-German and German-Latin lexicon or dictionary appeared under precisely this title in 1783/84. The subtitle read: For the sake of explaining the ancients and practicing the Latin language . It comprised a Latin-German part and a German-Latin part , which were printed and published separately. In the two subsequent editions, they became two completely separate book titles:

  • Extensive and as complete as possible Latin-German lexicon or dictionary for the purpose of explaining the ancients and practicing the Latin language

and

  • Detailed and as complete as possible German-Latin lexicon or dictionary for practicing the Latin language .

It was written by Immanuel Johann Gerhard Scheller and served as the basis for English and other editions as well as for shorter Latin-German and German-Latin dictionaries. The detailed lexicon itself - with the exception of the third edition published posthumously in 1804/05 - was not continued after Scheller's death.

The first edition from 1783/84

As already mentioned, the first edition appeared in 1783/84:

  • Detailed and as complete as possible Latin-German and German-Latin lexicon or dictionary for the purpose of explaining the ancients and practice in the Latin language . Latin-German Theil, Fritsch: Leipzig, 1783 (XXXIV pages + 3472 columns = 1770 pages) ( digitized version ).
  • Deutsch-Latinischer Part, Fritsch: Leipzig, 1784 (1984 columns + unpaginated pages at the beginning and at the end) ( digitized version ).

The second edition from 1788

The second edition appeared in 1788:

  • First section [A - F] (XXXIIX pages + 2292 columns [of which the first page unpaginated] = 1184 pages) ( digitized version ).
  • Second division [G - P] (column 2293-5348 = 1528 pages) ( digitized version ).
  • Third section [Q - Z] (column 5349-7834 + 10 unpaginated columns = 1248 pages) ( digitized version ).

The third edition from 1804/05

The third edition, whose typesetting and printing were not finished until after Scheller's death, is probably the most extensive Latin-German dictionary ever:

Imman. Joh. Gerhard Schellers

Extensive and as complete as possible Latin-German lexicon or dictionary for the purpose of explaining the ancients and practicing the Latin language

First section A - C
(XXXX pages [preface to all three editions and "Directory of Latin writers"] + 2618 columns = 1349 pages; 584 MB):
http://www.mdz-nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver .pl? urn = urn: nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10625204-4 ( Munich Digitization Center [MDZ] of the Bavarian State Library [BSB])
Second section D - K (column 2619 - 5454 = 1418 pages; 578 MB): MDZ of the BSB
Third section L - O (column 5455 - 7314 = 930 pages; 503 MB): MDZ of the BSB
Fourth section P - R (column 7315 - 9604 = 1145 pages; 491 MB): MDZ of the BSB
Fifth section S - Z (column 9605 - 12,562 = 1479 pages; 540 MB): MDZ of the BSB

and

Imman. Joh. Gerhard Schellers

Extensive and as complete as possible German-Latin lexicon or dictionary
for practicing the Latin language in two volumes.
 Third, newly improved and greatly increased edition, Fritsch: Leipzig, 1805

First section A - L (XXXIV pages + 1888 columns = 978 pages; 392 MB): MDZ of the BSB
Second section M - Z (column 1889 - 3744 [of which the first three pages without printed column counting] = 928 pages; 497 MB) MDZ of the BSB

See also

(Note on the two Latin-English Latin dictionaries mentioned: “ Even the lexicographical activities of W. Freund (1806–1894) would be inconceivable without Scheller's work ; and Freund, for his part, had a particularly great influence on the non-German-speaking area: his four-volume Lexicon [..] was mainly translated into English by EA Andrews in 1850. This translation was then edited by Ch.T. Lewis and Ch. Short (1879), and in this form the lexicon has since been one of the English-speaking countries a valuable aid. " )

Web links

Wikisource: Dictionaries # Latin  - Sources and full texts

Footnotes

  1. ↑ If one excludes the Oxford Latin Dictionary and the Thesaurus linguae Latinae (which is not bilingual anyway) - practically all Latin bilingual lexicons "(whether Latin-German, Latin-English, Latin-French or Latin-Italian) on Immanuel Johann Gerhard Scheller (1735–1803) and his work as a lexicographer back ”( Dietfried Krömer: Self- evident ? Bilingual dictionaries since the 16th century. In: Germania latina - Latinitas teutonica (main page for the congress“ Germania latina - latinitas teutonica ”, which - organized by the seminar took place in September 2001 in Munich) - for intellectual history and philosophy of the Renaissance (Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich). Heinrich C. Kuhn, Eckhard KESSER, 2002, archived from the original on August 21, 2018 ; accessed on 21 August 2018 . )
  2. ↑ "Scheller died after a short illness on July 5, 1803. His detailed lexicon was no longer continued" ( Richard Wolf: Scheller, Immanuel Johann Gerhard (1735-1803). In: Latin dictionaries - an illustrated bibliography. Archived from the original on 21 . August 2018 ; accessed on 21 August 2018 . ).
  3. ↑ "The monumental third edition is likely to be the most extensive Latin-German dictionary ever: five volumes with a total of 12,562 columns (together with the two-volume German-Latin part there are even seven volumes and 16,306 columns)!" ( Richard Wolf: . Scheller, Immanuel Johann Gerhard (1735-1803) In: . Latin Dictionary - An illustrated bibliography Archived from the original on August 21, 2018 ; accessed on 21 August 2018 . ).
  4. ↑ on pp. XXXVIII (38) - XXXX (40).
  5. ↑ Dietfried Krömer: Self-evident? Bilingual dictionaries since the 16th century. In: Germania latina - Latinitas teutonica (main page of the congress “Germania latina - latinitas teutonica”, which - organized by the Seminar for Spiritual History and Philosophy of the Renaissance (Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich) - took place in Munich in September 2001). Heinrich C. Kuhn, Eckhard Keßer, 2002, archived from the original on August 21, 2018 ; accessed on August 21, 2018 . - Added emphasis.