Oxford Latin Dictionary
| Author | P. G. W. Glare |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Publication date | 1968 to 1982; reprinted with corrections 1996; 2nd edition 2012 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 2,400 |
| ISBN | 978-0-19-958031-6 |
| 473/.21 19 | |
| LC Class | PA2365 .E5 O9 2012 |
The Oxford Latin Dictionary (or OLD) is the standard English lexicon of Classical Latin, compiled from sources written before AD 200. Begun in 1933, it was published in fascicles between 1968 and 1982; a lightly revised second edition was released in 2012.
The dictionary was created in order to meet the need for a more modern Latin-English dictionary than Lewis & Short's A Latin Dictionary (1879), while being less ambitious in scope than the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (in progress). It is based on a re-reading of the classical sources in the light of advances in lexicography in the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary.