Orbis Latinus

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Orbis Latinus by Johann Georg Theodor Grasse is a Latin- German dictionary of geographical place names. It was revised in 1909 by Friedrich Benedict , who also systematically evaluated the indexes of the source editions of the Monumenta Germaniae Historica . Another much more extensive revision by Helmut Plechl appeared in 1972.

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  • Orbis Latinus, or index of the Latin names of the most famous cities, etc., seas, lakes, mountains and rivers in all parts of the world, together with a German-Latin register of them . Dresden: Schönfeld, Londinii: Dulau & Co., Trübner & Co., Williams & Norgate , Utrecht: Kemik & Zoon, 1861. (Digitized edition under: urn : nbn: de: s2w-3093 )
  • Orbis Latinus, or directory of the most important lat. Country names . 2nd edition, with special consideration of the medieval and more recent Latinity, revised by Friedrich Benedict, Berlin: Schmidt 1909. (348 pages) ( E-text by Karen Green on columbia.edu )
  • Johann Georg Theodor Graesse: Orbis latinus or directory of the most important Latin place and country names , 3rd edition, with special consideration of the medieval and more recent Latinity, revised by Friedrich Benedict, Berlin: Schmidt 1922. (348 pages)
  • Graesse, Benedict: Orbis latinus. Lexicon of Latin Geographical Names. Hand issue. , Manual edition. 4th, revised and expanded edition. Edited by Helmut Plechl together with Günter Spitzbart, Klinkhardt & Biermann, Braunschweig 1971. (Volume VIII, 579 pages)
  • Johann Georg Theodor Graesse, Friedrich Benedict: Orbis latinus. Lexicon of Latin geographical names of the Middle Ages and modern times. Large edition, edited by Helmut Plechl with the assistance of Sophie-Charlotte Plechl. Klinkhardt & Biermann, Braunschweig 1972. (3 volumes: A – D. 684 pages, E – M. 652 pages, N – Z. 700 pages) ( digitized edition in the bavarikon ).

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