Nigel Holmes

Nigel Holmes

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Lexicographer at the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae

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Classics@UnivReading
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Prof. Eleanor Dickey was interviewed by @thesaurosaur.bsky.social about Latin Loanwords in Ancient Greek for the TLL Podcast. Check it out below: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-yqpx8...

podbean.com14 INTERVIEW with Eleanor DickeyAdam Gitner (TLL Lexicographer) interviews Prof. Eleanor Dickey (Reading) about her recent book Latin Loanwords in Ancient Greek: A Lexicon and Analysis. Several Latin words are discussed, including a...
Nigel Holmes
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The idea of "proficiens" plays a surprisingly large role in the secondary literature on Lucan, where it was supposed to characterise Pompey's portrayal. Surprising, because Lintott had noted in one short paragraph in 1971 that this was based on a 180 degree misreading of Seneca (CQ 21 p. 504-5).

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Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (BAdW)
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#Video - Aus unserer Mediathek: Der Thesaurus linguae Latinae (TLL) ist das maßgebliche #Wörterbuch des antiken Lateins. So wird dort gearbeitet: #Latein #Lexikon #Grundlagenforschung #Akademienprogramm

badw.deAus unserer Forschung: Der Thesaurus linguae LatinaeDer Thesaurus linguae Latinae ist das maßgebliche Wörterbuch des antiken Lateins: Als einziges Lexikon bezieht der Thesaurus alle überlieferten Texte bis ca. 600 n. Chr. ein, umfasst also einen Zeitra...

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Sólveig Hrönn Hilmarsdóttir
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www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/... Out now! Special collection of the Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics, ed. by Ezra la Roi and Dalia Pratali Maffei. 🥳 My article on lexical variation between epistula and litterae in the Ciceronian correspondence is available open access 😃

degruyterbrill.comSpecial collection: Language Change from Above and from Below in Greek and Latin; Guest Editors: Ezra la Roi and Dalia Pratali MaffeiVolume 11, issue 1 of the journal Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics was published in 2025.

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Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (BAdW)
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🎶Ein besonderer Flügel an der LMU: Gebaut von Beethovens Freundin Nanette Streicher, klingt er wie ein ganzes Orchester. Musikwiss. Hartmut Schick spricht mit @lmumuenchen.bsky.social über seine Bedeutung. Prof. Schick leitet das BAdW-Projekt "Richard-Strauss-Gesamtausgabe" tinyurl.com/5n8hptx6

tinyurl.comHistorischer Flügel: „Man wird fast ein bisschen süchtig nach diesem Klang”Ein Instrument für besondere Konzerte an der LMU: Der Flügel, gebaut von Beethovens Freundin Nanette Streicher, klingt, als würde man ein ganzes Orchester hören. Im Interview spricht Musikwissenschaft...
Nigel Holmes
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New pope selection coming. I'm rembering a lunch conversation with Catholic colleagues when Cardinal Ratzinger was chosen. This was Munich, and they had strong opinions about him. I said, "There must be something good you can say." Brief, gloomy pause. "He's very old."

Nigel Holmes
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Oddly, I thought I had the first of those settings on already, but when I checked, it was off. Could the choice have got lost in some update?

Mike Masnick@masnick.com

As Bluesky has grown, I've seen a lot of backsliding on alt text. Please try to be considerate to others and include alt text with all of your images. It helps everyone. Indeed, in the "accessibility" setting in Bluesky you can set it to make sure you add alt text, which is a useful thing to do.

Nigel Holmes
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A riddle from 1994 (but the answer hasn't changed). I'll post the answer later if nobody guesses. tempus edax rerum? sed et est, qui tempora mandat. legibus hic versis post mortem vivit egetque lustra per omnia adhuc vita, dum crescit in aevum.

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Nigel Holmes
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Old men, your strength is gone, you should not hold The young, with feeble words, from their intents, But you should all together young and old Risk life and goods and all in her defense. For Paris, Menelaus both seem wise, Who fought to take and fought to keep this prize.

Nigel Holmes
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A new fascicle in the open access version of the Thesaurus linguae latinae: thesaurus.badw.de/tll-digital/... That brings us up from "renuo" to the start of "repressio". The print version (always a few years ahead) currently reaches to "resurgo".

thesaurus.badw.deTLL Open Access: Thesaurus linguae Latinae'Der Thesaurus linguae Latinae erarbeitet das erste vollständige wissenschaftliche Wörterbuch des antiken Latein von den Anfängen bis 600 n. Chr.'
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Our neighbour, the Marstall: regius hic equiti munitur circus equoque ut recte ille iubere hic iussa capessere discat The royal riding school here stands For rider and for steed, That one can learn to give commands, The other learn to heed.

Nigel Holmes
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Tradition at the Thesaurus linguae Latinae (which looks out on the Marstall) says that when they were putting the inscription up after post war reconstruction, someone on our team spotted that they had made some mistake in the order and put them right.

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Adam Gitner
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Vote on the TLL Latin Word of the Year 2024! Until Dec. 19. The five finalists were published this year in the TLL and don't appear in another standard dictionary of ancient Latin. ⭐️reteiaclor ⭐️retotatototato ⭐️retroactim⭐️revaleo⭐️revolumen parerga.hypotheses.org/3516

parerga.hypotheses.orgLatin Word of the Year 2024With the Vox Anni contest now in its third season, the Thesaurus linguae Latinae community is excited to share with you the contestants for Latin Word of the Year 2024. (Learn more about the previous ...