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Bjorn Simonsen
Thanks for that link, via it I found a free Latin-to-English
dictionary, a **Command Line Interface** (CLI) program
by William Whitaker.
LATIN-to-ENGLISH DICTIONARY PROGRAM "WORDS"- Version 1.97
<http://users.erols.com/whitaker/words.htm>
<quote>
This Latin dictionary program, (WORDS for the PC - DOS, Windows
95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP, OS/2, LINUX - and Mac OS X - console
versions), takes keyboard input or a file of Latin text lines and
provides an analysis/morphology (declension, conjugation, case,
tense, etc.) of each word individually, the dictionary form, and
the translation (meaning).
</quote>
D/L Win-32 CLI version from:
<http://users.erols.com/whitaker/wordsw95.htm>
For DOS, Linux/FreeBSD and MAC versions see links at
<http://users.erols.com/whitaker/words.htm>
Win32 download consist of 2 SFX files (SelF-eXtracting exe)
1MB and 1.07MB. Two files - so the program can be distributed on
floppies. No install, just unzip to, or run the sfx files in, the
directory/folder you want to install it in. Extracted files requires
approx 10mb of disk space.
Manual, comes with the install - but also online here:
<http://users.erols.com/whitaker/wordsdoc.htm>
I haven not read the manual my self, since the simple lookup feature
is all I need (at least for now). I leave reading the manual to those
of you who wish to use features beyond the mere dictionary
lookup/translation.
Anyway, here is how to use the simple lookup feature:
When you launch the Words.exe or Meanings.exe program from the command
line, you get a => prompt where you can input the latin word you want
translated/info about. Just type word and hit enter. To Exit the
program just hit enter and nothing else at the => prompt.
The meanings.exe program is a version of Words.exe that is
"hardcoded to give dictionary form and meanings only
it cannot be modified by changing the do_meanings_only parameter"
To illustrate: looking up "justitia":
output from meanings.exe:
=>justitia
justitia, justitiae N F
justice; equality; righteousness (Plater);
justitium, justiti(i) N N
cessation of judicial and all public business, due to national
calamity;
*
output from words.exe:
=>justitia
justiti.a N 1 1 NOM S F
justiti.a N 1 1 ABL S F
justitia, justitiae N F
justice; equality; righteousness (Plater);
justiti.a N 2 4 NOM P N
justiti.a N 2 4 ACC P N
justitium, justiti(i) N N
cessation of judicial and all public business, due to national
calamity;
*
Read the manual for the meaning of the various shorthand notations in
the above output if you want to know what it stands for - as well as
for more info about more options/features if you need them (as said I
haven't read the manual my self).
Notice that as with most command line apps under Windows (DOS box/CMD
console) - you can copy/past between the GUI and the CLI interface,
say copy a latin word from a windows program to the command prompt of
<meanings.exe>, and the other way - copy output of a CLI program to a
Windows program.
This can be done either the "old" way:
To copy text from a command prompt window
<http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/windows_dos_copy.asp>
Or you can enable the Quick edit and Quick Insert options, see fx
Windows Tip: Use Quick Edit in the Command Prompt
<http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/windowstips/story/0,24330,3395981,00.html>
To copy and paste MS-DOS text using the mouse
<http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/windows_dos_quickedit.asp>
To configure the command prompt
<http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/CommandPromptOptions.asp>
I like this CLI program, but I would not mind a GUI (Graphical User
Interface) version - if anyone knows any (haven't searched
All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen