Thesaurus Linguæ Latinæ Compendiarius: or, A Compendious Dictionary of the Latin Tongue: Designed for the Use of the British Nation. First Published by Mr Robert Ainsworth. A New Edition, with Great Additions and Amendments: Particularly A large and copious Index of Such Words as occur in Stephens and Ainsworth, of an obsolete, unclassical, doubtful or modern Character, with the proper and genuine Word frequently annexed: Also another Index of the same Kind, From Vossius, Calepin, Cooper, Littleton, and Others. To which are subjoined, A Third, of the more common Latin Words in our Ancient Laws, the Notes of Abbreviations used in Latin Authors and Inscriptions; and a General Chronology of eminent Persons and memorable Things. By Thomas Morell.
Thesaurus Linguæ Latinæ Compendiarius: or, A Compendious Dictionary of the Latin Tongue: Designed for the Use of the British Nation. First Published by Mr Robert Ainsworth. A New Edition, with Great Additions and Amendments: Particularly A large and copious Index of Such Words as occur in Stephens and Ainsworth, of an obsolete, unclassical, doubtful or modern Character, with the proper and genuine Word frequently annexed: Also another Index of the same Kind, From Vossius, Calepin, Cooper, Littleton, and Others. To which are subjoined, A Third, of the more common Latin Words in our Ancient Laws, the Notes of Abbreviations used in Latin Authors and Inscriptions; and a General Chronology of eminent Persons and memorable Things. By Thomas Morell.

Thesaurus Linguæ Latinæ Compendiarius: or, A Compendious Dictionary of the Latin Tongue: Designed for the Use of the British Nation. First Published by Mr Robert Ainsworth. A New Edition, with Great Additions and Amendments: Particularly A large and copious Index of Such Words as occur in Stephens and Ainsworth, of an obsolete, unclassical, doubtful or modern Character, with the proper and genuine Word frequently annexed: Also another Index of the same Kind, From Vossius, Calepin, Cooper, Littleton, and Others. To which are subjoined, A Third, of the more common Latin Words in our Ancient Laws, the Notes of Abbreviations used in Latin Authors and Inscriptions; and a General Chronology of eminent Persons and memorable Things. By Thomas Morell.

  • Ainsworth, Robert
  • London: Printed for J. Johnson [et al] 1808

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4to, pp. [1,636]. Text printed in triple columns. Contemporary diced calf, boards bordered with double gilt rules, spine divided by raised bands between gilt rules and lettered direct in gilt, other compartments tooled in gilt and blind, marbled edges. Sometime rebacked preserving earlier backstrip, new endpapers and blanks front and rear, old leather a little marked and rubbed. Earlier bookplate of Lunn’s Classical Library, London, to new pastedown.

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A revision of Ainsworth's monumental 1736 classical dictionary by Thomas Morell (1703-1784), clergyman, librettist for Handel and classical scholar of some repute. Morell produced editions of several classical authors during his lifetime as well as his own thesaurus of Greek prosody in 1762, which, like this dictionary (Morell's edition was first printed in 1773) was reprinted and in use into the 19th century.

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