First English dictionary of ancient Greek since Victorian era 'spares no blushes'
The completed Cambridge Greek Lexicon, which is being published by Cambridge University Press, runs to two volumes and features around 37,000 Greek words, drawn from 90 authors and set out across 1,500 pages. The new dictionaryâs editors âspare no blushesâ, Diggle said, when it comes to the words that âbrought a blush to Victorian cheeksâ. The verb ÏÎÎ¶Ï (chezo), translated by Liddell and Scott as âease oneself, do oneâs needâ, is defined in the new dictionary as âto defecateâ and translated as âto shitâ; βίνÎÃ...