Short description:

With more than 50,000 glosses, the dictionary of Hesychios of Alexandria (approx. 500 AD), the most comprehensive dictionary of antiquity, giving posterity access to the massive collections of Hellenistic and Imperial lexicographers, is at the same time an extraordinarily important source for modern Greek lexicography and comparative linguistics.

The epoch-making edition by Kurt Latte (Vol. 1: A-D 1953, Vol. 2: E-O postum 1966) is continued by Allan Hansen with Vol. 3: P-S; work has already commenced on Vol. 4 (T-W), and a 5th volume is in the planning stage with indexes and addenda to vols. 1-4.

Long description:

This is the first modern edition and an essential tool for scholars of all aspects of the subject. This edition of the lexicon of the ancient Greek scholar Hesychius was begun by K. Latte and revised and completed by P. A. Hansen and I. C. Cunningham. The text with apparatus was published in four volumes between 1953 and 2020. This final volume contains additions and corrections to the eararlier four and three indexes (of authors cited, authors of related texts, and subjects). The lexicon is an important source for ancient Greek vocabulary, grammar, history and literature.