The data is not live for users yet, so you won't be able to see the new data. But I wanted to tell you about this great breakthrough that I've made. The data needs a little bit more massaging to be considered production ready, but it's very, very clean data so far. I spent several weeks mining the data, and my heuristic algorithms** are getting pretty smart. A few more tweaks!
The biggest benefit of the LNS (Lewis and Short) dictionary is that it contains 3 times the number of words -- granted, most of them are proper names and place names, but sometimes it's nice to know who and where those crazy ancient authors are talking about.
Keep your eyes peeled. It will only be a matter of weeks until this new data is live!
*For those who don't have experience in the field of lexicography, a lemma is a "head word" ...
** Experience-based methods ...
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Great !
ReplyDeleteI've been using your dictionary almost daily for several months, and I would like to thank you for all the works you put into this.
Gaël
Thank you so much. I'm glad it's working well for you. Feel free to leave feedback anytime, and remember to tell your friend who study Latin.
ReplyDeleteJust a quick note that I've been checking out the site since I stumbled upon it recently. Wish I'd had it when I was taking Latin a decade ago. It has, however, helped me recognize a likely error on my medieval blog. :) Thankfully there's a little bit of Latin still resident in the grey matter. The one thing I'm still trying to resolve, though, is whether "middle ages" should be "medium aevum" or "media aevi" (i.e., is it singular or plural). :)
ReplyDeleteAnd I absolutely LOVE the word study tool - it's helped me identify some of the forms of the words (ablative primarily), so MANY thanks for building such a sweet site.
--- Bill.