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==How do we improve LSJ and other Greek dictionaries?== | ==How do we improve LSJ and other Greek dictionaries?== | ||
[[File:vrahykataliktos-revised.png|center|frame|LSJ entry for [[βραχυκατάληκτος]] before and after editing|alt=LSJ entry for βραχυκατάληκτος]] | [[File:vrahykataliktos-revised.png|center|frame|LSJ entry for [[βραχυκατάληκτος]] before and after editing|alt=LSJ entry for βραχυκατάληκτος]] | ||
In the image above you can see the LSJ entry for [[βραχυκατάληκτος]] '''before''' ([http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dbraxukata%2Flhktos Perseus version]) and '''after''' editing. Note how the '''shorthand''' has been '''expanded''' (even standard Latin abbreviations are made transparent, i.e. [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] and [[sub verbo|s.v.]] are linked) and how new translations have been '''added''' (i.e. '''βραχυκαταλήκτως''' = '''with the final syllable short''') and others '''sanitized''' in a format that is clear and [[LSJ:About#Reversal|reversal friendly ]] (i.e. from "to end so" to "terminate in a short syllable"). Also, if you see the [[βραχυκατάληκτος|revised entry]], links and prosody have been added (refer to the ''Full diacritics'' form). Perseus's links—due to the unsafe method of using prosody marks within the actual lemma content—are often broken (i.e. the βρα^χυ^-καταληκτέω link). | In the image above you can see the LSJ entry for [[βραχυκατάληκτος]] '''before''' ([http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dbraxukata%2Flhktos Perseus version]) and '''after''' editing. Note how the '''shorthand''' has been '''expanded''' (even standard Latin abbreviations are made transparent, i.e. [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] and [[sub verbo|s.v.]] are linked) and how new translations have been '''added''' (i.e. '''βραχυκαταλήκτως''' = '''with the final syllable short''') and others '''sanitized''' in a format that is clear and [[LSJ:About#Reversal|reversal friendly]] (i.e. from "to end so" to "terminate in a short syllable"). Also, if you see the [[βραχυκατάληκτος|revised entry]], links and prosody have been added (refer to the ''Full diacritics'' form). Perseus's links—due to the unsafe method of using prosody marks within the actual lemma content—are often broken (i.e. the βρα^χυ^-καταληκτέω link). | ||
Now, multiply the above procedure to 130,000 or so LSJ entries (many of which are much more extensive than the example cited here), as well as hundreds of thousands of entries from other dictionaries, and you get an idea of the scope of this project (which is '''not funded''' by anybody). | Now, multiply the above procedure to 130,000 or so LSJ entries (many of which are much more extensive than the example cited here), as well as hundreds of thousands of entries from other dictionaries, and you get an idea of the [[LSJ:About#Objectives|scope]] of this project (which is '''not funded''' by anybody). | ||
==What is LSJ== | ==What is LSJ== | ||
The Liddell, Scott, Jones Ancient Greek Lexicon ([[LSJ:GreekEnglishLexicon|LSJ]]) is perhaps the best known Ancient Greek-English dictionary. Here you can find a wiki implementation aiming to massively improve upon the dictionary resources in [[LSJ:About#Objectives|numerous ways]] like '''adding missing translations''' and '''expanding lexicographical shorthand''' into clarity among others. | The Liddell, Scott, Jones Ancient Greek Lexicon ([[LSJ:GreekEnglishLexicon|LSJ]]) is perhaps the best known Ancient Greek-English dictionary. Here you can find a wiki implementation aiming to massively improve upon the dictionary resources in [[LSJ:About#Objectives|numerous ways]] like '''adding missing translations''' and '''expanding lexicographical shorthand''' into clarity among others. | ||
