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Latin Dictionaries

This is based on my old Listmania entry. I own a good number of the books listed here. Yes, even the Oxford Latin Dictionary.

		Oxford Latin Dictionary Author: P. G. W. Glare The clarity of definitions in this dictionary is unmatched. Keep in mind, however, that this is a Classical Latin dictionary. If you are interested in later Latin it will be of less help. A digitized version of OLD may already be in the works.
		Latin Dictionary Founded on Andrew's Edition of Freund... Author: Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, Wi...; Goes beyond Classical Latin. The structure of entries can be confusing at times. This dictionary is pretty old, so you may found its early editions online free of charge, as a searchable database as a part of the Perseus project and also as a DJVU document  here
		Elementary Latin Dictionary Author: Charlton T. Lewis; A good "every day" dictionary for an advanced Latinist. Don't confuse it with the "full" Lewis & Short! You will still need at least one comprehensive dictionary. Personally, I have both OLD and L&S.
		Cassell's Latin Dictionary Author: D. P. Simpson; Latin-English, English-Latin. Viewed by many as the best of the kind.
		Chambers Murray Latin-English Dictionary Author: William Smith, John Lockwood; Latin-English only, a good replacement for a "big" dictionary.
		Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus Author: J. F. Niermeyer, C. Van De Kieft, J....; A great dictionary, but if you can also get Blaise ("Dictionnaire latin-français des auteurs chrétiens") and Du Cange ("Glossarium ad scriptores mediae et infimae latinitatis", volumes are available at gallica.bnf.fr and archive.org)
		Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin Author: Leo F. Stelten; There are much better dictionaries of Later Latin, but for the price this one will do. It is also well published.
		Collins Gem Latin Dictionary Author: Harpercollins; I happen to like the typesetting in this one
		Glossary of Later Latin to Ad Author: Alexander Souter; Can be used as a companion to Oxford Latin Dictionary
		The Latin Sexual Vocabulary Author: J. N. Adams;
		Consecrated Phrases Author: James T. Bretzke;
		Cassell's Concise Latin-English, English-Latin Diction... Author: D. P. Simpson;
		Gardener's Latin Author: Bill Neal, Barbara Damrosch; Botanic Latin is ... well... a very special Latin. If that's what you need, that's what you will get.
		Langenscheidt's Universal Dictionary Latin Author: Langenscheidt; This one will actually fit in a shirt pocket. Far from being comprehensive, but very convenient.
		English Words from Latin and Greek Elements Author: Donald M. Ayers, Thomas D. Worthen, ...;
		The Bantam New College Latin & English Dictionary Author: John Traupman;
		Mnemonic Latin Mnemonic hints for learning Latin vocabulary and grammar.