Whitaker, wordsdoc.htm, wrote: AGE, AREA, GEO, FREQ, and SOURCE flags ...
type AGE_TYPE is (
X, -- -- In use throughout the ages/unknown -- the default
A, -- archaic -- Very early forms, obsolete by classical times
B, -- early -- Early Latin, pre-classical, used for effect/poetry
C, -- classical -- Limited to classical (~150 BC - 200 AD)
D, -- late -- Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
E, -- later -- Latin not in use in Classical times (6-10) Christian
F, -- medieval -- Medieval (11th-15th centuries)
G, -- scholar -- Latin post 15th - Scholarly/Scientific (16-18)
H -- modern -- Coined recently, words for new things (19-20)
type AREA_TYPE is (
X, -- All or none
A, -- Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
B, -- Biological, Medical, Body Parts
D, -- Drama, Music, Theater, Art, Painting, Sculpture
E, -- Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
G, -- Grammar, Retoric, Logic, Literature, Schools
L, -- Legal, Government, Tax, Financial, Political, Titles
P, -- Poetic
S, -- Science, Philosophy, Mathematics, Units/Measures
T, -- Technical, Architecture, Topography, Surveying
W, -- War, Military, Naval, Ships, Armor
Y -- Mythology
type GEO_TYPE is (
X, -- All or none
A, -- Africa
B, -- Britian
C, -- China
D, -- Scandinavia
E, -- Egypt
F, -- France, Gaul
G, -- Germany
H, -- Greece
I, -- Italy, Rome
J, -- India
K, -- Balkans
N, -- Netherlands
P, -- Persia
Q, -- Near East
R, -- Russia
S, -- Spain, Iberia
U -- Eastern Europe
FREQ
A full column or more, more than 50 citations
B half column, more than 20 citations
C more then 5 citations
D 4-5 citations
E 2-3 citations
F only 1 citation
type FREQUENCY_TYPE is ( -- For dictionary entries
X, -- -- Unknown or unspecified
A, -- very freq -- Very frequent, in all Elementry Latin books
B, -- frequent -- Frequent, in top 10 percent
C, -- common -- For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
D, -- lesser -- For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
E, -- uncommon -- 2 or 3 citations
F, -- very rare -- Having only single citation in OLD or L+S
I, -- inscription -- Only citation is inscription
M, -- graffiti -- Presently not much used
N -- Pliny -- Things that appear only in Pliny Natural History
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For inflections, the same type is used with different weights
-- X, -- -- Unknown or unspecified
-- A, -- most freq -- Very frequent, the most common
-- B, -- sometimes -- sometimes, a not unusual VARIANT
-- C, -- uncommon -- occasionally seen
-- D, -- infrequent -- recognizable variant, but unlikely
-- E, -- rare -- for a few cases, very unlikely
-- F, -- very rare -- singular examples,
-- I, -- -- Presently not used
-- M, -- -- Presently not used
-- N -- -- Presently not used
type SOURCE_TYPE is (
X, -- General or unknown or too common to say
A,
B, -- C.H.Beeson, A Primer of Medieval Latin, 1925 (Bee)
C, -- Charles Beard, Cassell's Latin Dictionary 1892 (CAS)
D, -- J.N.Adams, Latin Sexual Vocabulary, 1982 (Sex)
E, -- L.F.Stelten, Dictionary of Eccles. Latin, 1995 (Ecc)
F, -- Roy J. Deferrari, Dictionary of St. Thomas Aquinas, 1960 (DeF)
G, -- Gildersleeve + Lodge, Latin Grammar 1895 (G+L)
H, -- Collatinus Dictionary by Yves Ouvrard
I, -- Leverett, F.P., Lexicon of the Latin Language, Boston 1845
J,
K, -- Calepinus Novus, modern Latin, by Guy Licoppe (Cal)
L, -- Lewis, C.S., Elementary Latin Dictionary 1891
M, -- Latham, Revised Medieval Word List, 1980
N, -- Lynn Nelson, Wordlist
O, -- Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1982 (OLD)
P, -- Souter, A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D., Oxford 1949
Q, -- Other, cited or unspecified dictionaries
R, -- Plater & White, A Grammar of the Vulgate, Oxford 1926
S, -- Lewis and Short, A Latin Dictionary, 1879 (L+S)
T, -- Found in a translation -- no dictionary reference
U, -- Du Cange
V, -- Vademecum in opus Saxonis - Franz Blatt (Saxo)
W, -- My personal guess
Y, -- Temp special code
Z -- Sent by user -- no dictionary reference
-- Mostly John White of Blitz Latin
-- Consulted but used only indirectly
-- Liddell + Scott Greek-English Lexicon
-- Consulted but used only occasionally, seperately referenced
-- Allen + Greenough, New Latin Grammar, 1888 (A+G)
-- Harrington/Pucci/Elliott, Medieval Latin 2nd Ed 1997 (Harr)
-- C.C./C.L. Scanlon Latin Grammar/Second Latin, TAN 1976 (SCANLON)
-- W. M. Lindsay, Short Historical Latin Grammar, 1895 (Lindsay)
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