Hieronymus Megiser, Thesaurus Polyglottus (1603)
Date
1603
Lexicographer
Book title
Thesaurus polyglottus: vel, dictionarium multilingue
Publication place
Francofurti ad Moenum
Publisher
Author
Text type
printed book
Genre
Bilingual and polyglot dictionaries, glossaries, and vocabularies
Subject area
- Arabic
- Belgic
- Bohemian
- Dalmacian
- French
- German
- Greek
- Hebrew
- Hungarian
- Italian
- Latin
- Polish
- Slavic
- Spanish
- Syriac
Summary
Covers all known languages
Language
headwords: Latin
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: Abies.
Hebr. Berosch, gopher.
Arab. atis.
Syr. Birvau.
Græcè. Ελύτη.
Lat. abies.
Ital. abete, avedin, avezzo, sappo.
Gall. avet sapin.
Hisp. abeto.
Germ. weiss Thannen / weiss Thannenbaum.
Angl. a firre tree.
Belg. Witte denneboom, mastboom.
Dalm. Yela.
Polon. Yedlina.
Bohem. gedle.
Schlav. smreka.
Hung. feüynfa, luch fenyofa, melynek à levele egy felol all. (a3r)
sample: Abies.
Hebr. Berosch, gopher.
Arab. atis.
Syr. Birvau.
Græcè. Ελύτη.
Lat. abies.
Ital. abete, avedin, avezzo, sappo.
Gall. avet sapin.
Hisp. abeto.
Germ. weiss Thannen / weiss Thannenbaum.
Angl. a firre tree.
Belg. Witte denneboom, mastboom.
Dalm. Yela.
Polon. Yedlina.
Bohem. gedle.
Schlav. smreka.
Hung. feüynfa, luch fenyofa, melynek à levele egy felol all. (a3r)
Alston
II.101
Criticisms
Alston, R. C., and B. Danielsson. "The Earliest Dictionary of the Known Languages of the World." English Studies 45 (1964): 1-5.
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Podhajecka, Miroslawa. "Researching the Beginnings of Bilingual Polish-English and English-Polish Lexicography: An Introduction." International Journal of Lexicography 26.4 (December 2013): 449-68. view record
Podhajecka, Miroslawa. "Researching the Beginnings of Bilingual Polish-English and English-Polish Lexicography: An Introduction." International Journal of Lexicography 26.4 (December 2013): 449-68. view record
