Hello,
I’m sorry if this question has been asked elsewhere, I did have a brief look and couldn’t see anything. Having Greek I know that I go to LSJ’s lexicon and Smyth’s grammar. The same for Gesenius and BDB in Hebrew.
What would be the ‘classic’ combination for Latin? Is there even one or is that a silly question?
Thank you,
Benjamin.
Allen & Greenough or Gildersleeve & Lodge. You can find new paperbacks on Amazon, or used hard-bound copies on Abebooks, and A&G is also available on-line, though I find the on-line versions very difficult to use.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0001&redirect=true
The Allen & Greenough is a great reference grammar. All the rules with their respective exceptions are present there. It`s full of examples, and very welll organized. It has a good index also. But no less useful is the Charles Bennet (downloadable here: http://www.textkit.com/learn/ID/53/author_id/12/). It is smaller - it has not as many sub-items -, but more to the point.
As to a lexicon, Lewis and Short is very good indeed.
Concerning Allen and Greenough: Another strong point is that the example sentences are translated into English.
Thanks for all replies, very helpful.
Can anyone comment on the validity of classical Latin grammars and lexica for reading ecclesiastical and medieval Latin?