Salvete, omnes!
I took my time to check out OLD on the amazon and got just curious what would be the worst rating on this highly esteemed reference lexicon.
I was dreaming of buying a copy of this lexicon someday when I seriously begin to learn Latin. And I wish to know your opinions.
Gratia!
I bought L&S first (new), then OLD (second-hand), then Le Grand Gaffiot (new), mingshey.
I use L&S mostly, and only very occasionally find what I need in OLD rather than L&S, and L&S is much nicer to handle than OLD.
Gaffiot is overkill but I was curious about it, and occasionally, it is true, I have found extra things in it.
Primò, mingshey, dictionarium de L&S (novum exemplar) emi, tunc OLD (redivivum), dein Le Grand Gaffiot (novum).
Saepiùs in illud de L&S inquiro; rarò in OLD invenio id quo L&S caret. Multùm autem satiùs tractatur L&S quàm OLD.
Superfluum forsit id de Gaffiot de quo, fateor, curiosus fui et, verum est, pro re natâ repperi in eo quidem additicia.