Lewis Elementary Latin Dictionary

Charlton Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary (1890)


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Select a Search Option:	Exact match (eg, "roma" will find only "Roma")
	String searching (eg, "roma" will find "aroma," "monochromata," "Roma," etc.)

When doing string searching, use the ^ sign to match the beginning of words: ^fer will only return words starting in fer-, not, e.g., aufero; use the $ sign to match the end of words: ero$ will only return words ending in -ero, not, e.g., heros.

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By default, full-text results include only words exactly matching the string you entered. Entering fero will only return fero.
The asterisk is a wildcard character (fer* retrieves any words starting in fer-: fert, ferrum, etc.).
'Similar word' search finds similar words if the word entered is longer than five characters. Your mileage may vary!

Click SEARCH (or hit Enter at anytime) to execute your Search; click CLEAR to clear the entire form and start over.
You will normally use the headword search and full-text search options separately; however, it is possible to search the text of large entries by entering the headword in the upper search box and another string in the lower search box. This restricts the full-text search to just one entry.
The search form does not allow for punctuation marks, but if you are looking, say, for all citations of Plautus' Miles Gloriosus in the lexicon, simply enter "Plaut Mil" without punctuation.