Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary

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Welcome to the Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, a glossary of words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and the every-day life of the Greeks and Romans.

This learning resource is based on the complete content of the 1849-edition of Anthony Rich's Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (referred to henceforth as RICH-1849. For the sake of brevity this project may be referred to simply as Illustrated Companion or RICH-2K).

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The purpose of this learning resource:

1. Define the true meaning of all the terms, technical or otherwise, expressive of any particular object, artificial production, manual operation, etc., which can be submitted to ocular inspection.
2. Impart a distinct notion of that meaning, by exhibiting a virtual representation of the thing itself, faithfully copied from some classic original, thus presenting the same forms as the ancients were accustomed to look upon, and suggestive of the same ideas as they themselves conceived.
3. Furnish a general knowledge of the social customs, and every-day life, of the Romans and Greeks, in the shape of a vocabulary, containing all the written terms which have reference to such matters
4. All of this illustrated by a series of pictures, after their [= Romans and Greeks] own designs, of the dress they wore, the houses they lived in, the utensils they used, or the pursuits they followed, by which we may be said to acquire a sort of personal acquaintance with the people themselves, and to see them, as it were, in a glass, under the genuine characters, and familiar aspects, which they presented to one another.

Anthony Rich, The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon

The Project

• Project description: A more detailed description of the project Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary. What is this project? What is it not?
• Preface 1849: The original preface to the 1849-edition of Anthony Rich's Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon.
• How to contribute: Although having Anthony Rich's articles (and images) as its foundation, this project is designed to be improved and expanded. Learn how you can help to improve this project.
• Project guidelines
• Recommended editions: This page provides an overview of the editions of text, which should be preferentially used when citing these texts.
• Technical aspects: This page explains how the Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary has been implemented, thereby making it easier to a) understand the structure, and b) change some aspects should that be deemed necessary. It also lists and explains some of the design decisions.
• Categories of the Classed Index: This page provides an overview of the Classed Index, a two-level subject-hierarchy. An article may belong to several subjects.

The Content

• Classed Index 1849: Articles from RICH-1849 arranged by subject and in such a way as to convey to the reader a comprehensive knowledge of everything pertaining to any given subject.
• Greek Index: A list of Greek words, with their Latin synonymes, under which the Greek terms are explained.
• Articles from RICH-1849: Complete list of all pages, which were originally based on RICH-1849. This list does not include REDIRECT-pages implementing secondary lemmas.
• REDIRECT-pages for RICH-1849: Complete list of all REDIRECT-pages implementing secondary lemmas.