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Antonio de Nebrija

Antonio de Nebrija (1441–1522) was a Spanish Renaissance humanist and scholar associated with the University of Salamanc...

Spanish Historical Bilingual 15TH 16TH Century

9.6 Brilliant

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Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi

Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (c. 754 – c. 815) was an 8th-century scholar from Basra. He is primarily known for his *...

Classical Early Arabic Past

9.5 Brilliant

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Al-Zabidi

Muhammad Murtada al-Zabidi was an 18th-century Arab lexicographer and scholar best known for compiling the "Taj al-Arus,...

Classical 18TH Century Historical Arabic

9.5 Brilliant

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Duan Yucai

Duan Yucai was an 18th-century Chinese philologist of the Qing Dynasty whose work significantly advanced the study of hi...

Classical Historical Chinese 18TH 19TH Century

9.5 Brilliant

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Mahmud al-Kashgari

Mahmud al-Kashgari was a 11th-century lexicographer who created the *Diwan Lughat al-Turk*. This seminal work, produced...

Classical Arabic Past Turkic

9.4 Excellent

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P.G.W. Glare

P. G. W. Glare is a British classicist and lexicographer who served as the primary editor of the *Oxford Latin Dictionar...

Classical 20TH Century British Latin

9.3 Excellent

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Henry George Liddell

Henry George Liddell was a British scholar renowned for his extensive work in classical languages, particularly Greek. H...

Classical British Victorian Greek

9.2 Excellent

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Marcus Terentius Varro

Marcus Terentius Varro was a Roman scholar and writer whose extensive work covered topics ranging from agriculture to an...

Classical Historical Latin 1ST Century Bce

9.1 Excellent

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Egidio Forcellini

Egidio Forcellini (1728-1771) was an Italian lexicographer renowned for his *Totius Latinitatis Lexicon*. This comprehen...

Classical 18TH Century Italian Comprehensive

8.9 Great

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Charlton Lewis

Charlton Lewis was a prominent American lexicographer specializing in classical languages. His work significantly contri...

Classical American Victorian Latin

8.7 Great

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Charlton T. Lewis

Charlton Thomas Lewis was an American lawyer, author, editor, and lexicographer known for his work on Latin reference bo...

Classical English Latin Past

8.6 Great

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E.A. Andrews

Ethan Allen Andrews (1787-1858) was an American educator and lexicographer who specialized in Latin. His 1850 Latin-Engl...

Classical American 19TH Century Latin

8.1 Great

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Wilhelm Freund

Wilhelm Freund (1806–1894) was a German classical philologist and lexicographer who specialized in Latin language studie...

German Classical Latin Past

7.9 Good

14

Thomas Elyot

Thomas Elyot was a 16th-century English diplomat, scholar, and humanist who significantly advanced English Renaissance l...

English Latin Pioneering Bilingual

7.7 Good

15

Thomas Cooper

Thomas Cooper (c. 1517-1594) was an English bishop, scholar, and lexicographer during the Tudor period. His most signifi...

Classical British Latin Bilingual

7.6 Good

16

John Davies

John Davies of Mallwyd was a Welsh cleric and scholar who played a foundational role in the preservation and standardiza...

Welsh Latin Bilingual Past

7.5 Good

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Thomas Thomas

Thomas Thomas (1553–1588) was a prominent English academic, lexicographer, and the first designated printer to Cambridge...

Classical British Latin Bilingual

7.2 Good

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Robert Ainsworth

Robert Ainsworth (1660-1743) was an English schoolmaster and Latin lexicographer. His principal work was a Latin diction...

Classical English Latin Past

7.1 Good

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Michael Chyet

Michael L. Chyet is an American linguist and Middle Eastern language specialist whose work includes Kurdish lexicography...

American Bilingual Kurdish Current

6.9 Fair

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Ilan Stavans

Ilan Stavans is a Mexican-born American essayist, cultural critic, editor, translator, and lexicographer whose work exam...

American Contemporary Cultural Bilingual

6.8 Fair