From: Keith Schmude (kschmude@udel.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 04 1996 - 14:43:58 EDT
It is worth noting that if you have the GreekKeys fonts, you can search
in Greek, which I find MUCH more convenient that the other two options.
(I use Netscape; I'm not sure whether other browsers allow this option.)
Also, you have your choice of Liddell-Scott-Jones (unabridged) or L-S
intermediate.
On Wed, 3 Jul 1996, D. Davis Phillips wrote:
> >Doug Jantz wrote:>Do you have the WWW address for L&S?
> >
> A couple of postings recently gave Perseus URL (1) or (2) for accessing
> Perseus.
>
> (1) http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
> (2) http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/searches.html
> Doug, I apologize for not replying for a few days. Perhaps these belated
> notes will be helpful. (B-greekers who cannot currently access the Perseus
> URL may safely ignore this message.)
>
> ---> What follows are a few notes on my experiences (successful and not so
> successful) in trying to look up Greek words using the Perseus WEB site.
>
> URL (2) above will bring you to a page where you may select GREEK LEXICA
> (see URL (3) below)
> or GREEK MORPHOLOGY (4)
> or English-Greek (5).
> I HAVE PERSONALLY HAD MUCH BETTER SUCCESS WITH 4 & 5; the reason seems to
> be that I can type Latin transliteration of Greek much better than I can
> type "Beta-CODE" (For example: "adolescheo" or "a)dolesxe/w"). I can also
> spell words fairly well in English. I found that (3) below requires entry
> of words in Beta-Code; almost invariably I have been able to get URL (3) to
> understand what Greek word I am trying to ask about. But with (4)
> Morphological search, I have almost always been successful, as this input
> screen seems to understand what I'm trying to ask. (and will even generate
> the beta-code after reading in my Latin transliteration). And it brings me
> to a screen where I can easily look up L&S entries. With (5)
> English-Greek, I have also had good success.
>
> I would be interested in hearing experiences, comments, or tips from others
> who have been using Perseus word-search/study tools (perhaps off-line).
> Thanks.
>
> (3) http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/lexica.html
> http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/resolveform?
>
> (4) http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/morphindex
> http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/morphindex?entry=adolescheo
> http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/lexindex?entry=a)dolesxe/w
>
> (5) http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/enggreek
>
> p.s.here is part of the L&S (big) entry for adolescheo II. generally, talk,
> LXXPs.68(69).12. III. meditate, IB2=LXX Ge.24.63, ti=LXX Ps.118(119).15,
> al.
> (with references from the LXX Psalms)
>
> (The above discussion is about just getting started in a word study; once
> you have looked up the L&S entry, you can go from there to look up its
> context in dozens or hundreds of occurrences in the Perseus database of
> texts.)
>
> Best wishes.
>
>
>
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> University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
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