Arabic and Latin Glossary edited by Dag Nikolaus Hasse

 [First posted in AWOL 15 January 2014, updated 28 December 2020]

Arabic and Latin Glossary

edited by Dag Nikolaus Hasse

together with Katrin Fischer, Stefanie Gsell, Susanne Hvezda, Barbara Jockers, Reinhard Kiesler†, Eva Sahr & Jens Ole Schmitt

The Arabic and Latin Glossary is a dictionary of the vocabulary of the Arabic–Latin translations of the Middle Ages. It unites the entries of all existing Arabic–Latin glossaries in modern editions of medieval works.

The Glossary has a double aim: to improve our understanding of the Arabic influence in Europe, especially with respect to scientific vocabulary, and to be a lexical tool for the understanding of Arabic and Latin scientific texts.

It is currently based on 42 sources, which cover medicine, philosophy, theology, astrology, astronomy, mathematics, optics, botany, and zoology. The texts were written by the following Arabic or Greek authors:

    Abū Maʿšar (Albumasar)

    Abū l-Ṣalt (Albuzale)

    Aristotle

    al-Biṭrūǧī (Alpetragius)

    al-Fārābī (Alfarabius)

    Ibn al-Ǧazzār

    Ibn al-Hayṯam (Alhazen)

    Ibn Rušd (Averroes)

    Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdallāh ibn Rušd (Averroes Iunior)

    Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna)

    Ibn Tūmart

    al-Kindī (Alkindi)

    Yūḥannā ibn Māsawayh (Mesue)

    al-Nayrīzī (Anaritius)

    Nicolaus Damascenus

    Proclus

    Ptolemy

    al-Qabīṣī (Alcabitius)

    Ibn Zakariyyāʾ al-Rāzī (Rhazes)

    Ṯābit ibn Qurra (Thebit ben Corat)

The Glossary is growing constantly. At the moment, it contains the entire letters A to C and parts of the letters D (dact–diu) and E (ema–esch).

The Latin-Arabic version currently comprises 3.803 Latin lemmata with 11.280 corresponding Arabic expressions and 22.768 searchable quotations. The Arabic-Latin version comprises 5.951 Arabic lemmata.

Arabic and Latin Glossary 2020 · Data compiled: 2020-11-17, 19:15 (GMT+01:00)