Greek and Latin Language

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Greek language
Latin language

Dictionaries and Lexicons

Bauer, Johannes B., and Anneliese Felber. A reverse index of patristic Greek. Graz: Institut für Ökumenische Theologie und Patrologie an der Universität Graz, 1983. JFD 90-9963.

Chantraine, Pierre. Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque: histoire des mots. Paris: Klincksieck, 1968-80. *R-RCI 75-2564.

Cunliffe, Richard John. A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press [1963]. D-14 8567.

Danker, Frederick William, ed. A Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament and other early Christian literature. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, c2000. *R-*YIE 01-10785.

Glare, P. G. W. Oxford Latin dictionary. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982. *R-RDG 83-1077.

Lampe, G. W. H. A patristic Greek lexicon. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1976. *R-RCH 78-248.

Lewis, Charleton. A Latin dictionary. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1975. *R-RDG 77-2386 and JFF 92-2013.

Liddell, Henry George, and Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. 10th ed. Revised by Henry Stuart Jones with Roderick McKenzie and others. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1996. *R-RCH 96-15743.

Maltby, Robert. Lexicon of Ancient Latin Etymologies. Leeds: F. Cairns, 1991. JFD 91-3868.

Neal, Bill. Gardener's Latin: a lexicon. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1992. JFC 92-2933.

Sophocles, E.A. Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B.C. 146 to A.D. 1100). F. Ungar Pub. Co., [1957]. *RR-RCH.

Souter, Alexander. A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D. Oxford: Clarendon Press, [1964]. *RR- RDG 72-1677.

Grammar

Allen, Joseph. Allen and Greenough's new Latin grammar for schools and colleges: founded on comparative grammar. New Rochelle, NY: Caratzas Brothers, 1983. *R-RDO 85-2900.

Blass, F., and A. Debrunner. A Greek grammar of the New Testament and other early Christian literature. A translation and revision of the 9th-10th German ed., incorporating supplementary notes of A. Debrunner, by Robert W. Funk. [Chicago]: University of Chicago Press, [1961]. F-10 7134.

Denniston, J.D. The Greek Particles. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1954. RCO.

Ehrlich, Eugene. Amo, amas, amat and more: how to use Latin to your own advantage and to the astonishment of others. New York: Harper and Row, 1985. JFD 85-3809.

Gignac, Francis T. A Grammar of the Greek Papyri of the Roman and Byzantine Periods. Milano: Istituto editoriale cisalpino-La Goliardica, 1976-. JFL 77-422.

Goodwin, William Watson. Syntax of the moods and tenses of the Greek verb. Boston: Ginn & Company, 1890. RCO.

Kühner, Raphael. Ausfuhrliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache. Hannover, 1869-72. RCO.

Sihler, Andrew. New comparative grammar of Greek and Latin. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. *R-RCO 95-682.

Smyth, Herbert Weir. Greek grammar. Revised by Gordon M. Messing. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press [1973, c1956]. JFD 98-1803.

Threatte, Leslie. Grammar of Attic Inscriptions. Berlin; New York: W. de Gruyter, 1980-1996. JFE 99-4392.

Wheelock, Frederick [sic] M. Wheelock's Latin grammar. New York, NY: HarperPerennial, 1992. JFE 94-4210.

Language

Buck, C.D. The Greek Dialects. [Chicago]: University of Chicago Press, [1955]. *RR-RCS.

Branyon, Richard A. Latin phrases and quotations. New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997. Pub. Cat. 97-10211.

Denniston, J.D. The Greek Prose Style. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1952. RCB.

Hammond, Mason. Latin: a historical and linguistic handbook. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1976. *R-RDB 76-7554.

Palmer, L. R. The Greek language. London: Bristol, 1996. *R-RC 98-6516.

Palmer. L. R. The Latin language. London: Faber and Faber, 1966. D-18 3898.

Stone, Jon R. Latin for the illiterati: exorcizing the ghosts of a dead language. New York: Routledge, 1996. Pub. Cat. 96-10596.