The Irish Times

First English dictionary of ancient Greek since Victorian era ‘spares no blushes’

Victorian attempts to veil the meanings of crude ancient Greek words are set to be brushed away by a new dictionary 23 years in the making. It is the first to take a fresh look at the language in ...
CBC.ca

English dictionary of ancient Greek gets a vulgar update complete with F-bombs

For the past hundred or so years, classics students who looked up the ancient Greek verb χέζω in a commonly used English dictionary would find it modestly translated as "Ease oneself, do one's need." ...
The Bookseller

CUP publishes 'most innovative Ancient Greek dictionary in 200 years'

Cambridge University Press has hailed its new Ancient Greek dictionary as "the most innovative in almost 200 years”, providing fresh definitions and translations in contemporary English.
Cambridge News

Cambridge researchers add back swear words and vulgarity to Ancient Greek dictionary removed by the Victorians

The “most innovative dictionary of its kind” has been compiled by Cambridge researchers in a feat that took more than 20 years and even “took over” the editor’s life. Researchers from the University ...
IFLScience

First New English-Ancient Greek Dictionary Since Victorian Period “Spares No Blushes” This Time

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