About the DLD update

The Database of Latin Dictionaries has received a major update. Not only does its new user interface offer easier access and more advanced search possibilities, it also contains a first version of the BREPOLiS Latin lemmas. These lemmas allow for closer integration between the Database of Latin Dictionaries and the various Latin full-text databases on BREPOLiS.

For a detailed introduction to the Database of Latin Dictionaries and its new functionalities, you can re-watch the webinar “Enhancing your lexicographical research with the new DLD and ALD interfaces” (21/04/2023):

If you have been a DLD user for some time and want to know where in the new interface you can find the functionalities you are used to, we invite you to take a look at this short video:

In the current blogpost, we highlight a selection of the DLD’s main novelties.

When searching the dictionaries, you will not only get an overview of results per dictionary, but also a list of unique matches (either exact matches or matches within larger phrases) that can then be used as a filter.

Any of the various search fields in the database allows for the use of wildcards and Boolean operators.

Furthermore, having your search term preceded by the ampersand (&) now allows you to perform lemmatized searches based on the new BREPOLiS Latin lemmas.

In Lewis & Short, Gaffiot, and Blaise’s Patristic dictionary, these lemmas are also displayed in the new toolbar that accompanies each article.

In a growing number of dictionaries, you can now look for individual translations, allowing you to quickly see how a particular English, Spanish, German… word of phrase can be expressed in Latin.

The BREPOLiS Latin lemmas constitute the second main part of the new DLD interface. In this section of the database, you can browse the list of all lemmas currently connected to Lewis & Short, Gaffiot, and Blaise’s Patristic dictionary.

The individual BREPOLiS Latin lemma records contain live links both to the connected dictionary articles and to the attested word-forms in the various BREPOLiS Latin full-text databases.

Furthermore, you can search for a lemma by simply entering a word-form attested in the texts you are working on. Again, the live links with the Latin full-text databases will help you find out which forms are already attested, and which are not.

We warmly invite you to explore the new Database of Latin Dictionaries and discover all of these features – and many more! – that have been added in the current update. Also, please do not hesitate to send us your feedback through the form you will find in the database.