Cassell's Latin Dictionary: Latin-English, English-Latin

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“This new and revised Latin Dictionary is among the best of its kind, being reliable, compact and adequate for the needs of all save the specialist. He has produced what is in effect a new book, typographically easy to consult and combining elegance with utility.” -The Times Literary Supplement

This edition Incorporates modern English idiom and current Latin spelling. Includes general classical information where appropriate. Shows long and short vowels where not immediately apparent. Indicates irregular plural forms. Cites and quotes ancient classical authors. Suggests paraphrases to express modern English in classical Latin form.

What Customers Say About Cassell's Latin Dictionary: Latin-English, English-Latin:

Cassell's Latin Dictionary is an extremely useful tool. It really helps when you're looking up a Latin word for an English translation or vice versa. The only set-back is that it isn't very clear as to where each definition would be used.

This is a decent dictionary, but not for absolute beginers. It has no grammar and some missing words that are pretty common, still they should be there. Overall it's a good dictionary, considering that it has also an english-latin part.

teacher was requiring us to use macrons in our compositions, and I found that this dictionary was a little. I then discovered that their English-Latin is a fraction of the size of the Latin-English, and for being so small, it's very impractical. I already owned an Elementary Latin Dictionary when I bought this, and I bought it because I was about to take a course in Latin Prose Composition, so I figured the English-Latin section would be useful. shall I say higgledy-piggledy about their inclusion. I would often have to think up several synonyms for the word I was looking for before I could find a usable entry, and was surprised to find many obscure English words (salubriousness, ophthalmia, higgledy-piggledy--not kidding) that most English-speakers would never think to look up.As for the Latin-English portion, it seems to be a pretty good reference, with reasonably detailed explanations of each entry. My issue was that my Prose Comp. Also, macrons are completely absent from the English-Latin side.For English-Latin, I found that the genral vocabulary in the back of my textbook for the semester (Conversational Latin for Oral Proficiency), while shorter yet than Cassell's, was much more practical. For Latin-English, I still prefer my ELD.

For anyone who would like to further their Latin language knowledge, i would advise this book greatly. This book helped me get through 3years of Latin in high school, so i decided to get one of my own.

This edition replaced my Cassell's paperback editon & I'm very pleased with my selection. It's an excellent resource and very user friendly.