Is there a site online that lets you use wildcards in queries when you want to generate a vocabulary list for classical Greek?
For example, let’s say I want to have a list of all words having -τεος as their nom. sg. ending i.e. verbal adjectives. So I’d like to be able to type *τεος into a search box and get a list of words that includes παιδεθτεος, ποιητεος, φεθκτεος and so on in alphabetical order.
Or say I want a list of all seven-letter verbal adjectives, so my query might be ???τεος in that case.
Or say I want to list all words having -στηρ- in them (e.g. δικαστηριον) so my query would then be στηρ
Is there a tool online somewhere for doing this kind of stuff?
Diogenes can do this, but be aware that its regular expression conventions are sometimes a little unorthodox. To take your seven-letter verbal adjective example, a search you could run would be something like
[A-W][A-W][A-W]TE/O[NS]
since regex searches in Greek should be entered in Beta Code in Diogenes. The space character represents word boundaries. [A-W] stands for any character from alpha to omega, [NS] for nu and sigma only. Keep in mind that this search will generate a lot of false positives.
You will also need a copy, physical or otherwise, of the old TLG CD-ROM, which is what Diogenes searches.
There may be better, more effective ways out there, but I’m not sure there’s a tool that distinguishes verbal adjectives as separate from normal adjectives.
It may be simpler or faster to use the inverse feature on Logeion and just sift through the list.
Ah, didn’t know about the inverse function of logeion – very cool, thanks!
You also mentioned that one needs “a copy, physical or otherwise, of the old TLG CD-ROM” to use Diogenes for regex searches. Where can one find/download that?
If you get Diogenes up and running, you might consider searching the TLG word list to generate an overview of lemmata ending in -τεος (the instructions say not to use diacritics when searching the list). From the main menu, select Search → Word List.
Entering τεος will generate a list of all these words in the TLG index, but will also supply you with their frequency, and should thus save you a lot of time in terms of prioritising which words to learn first.
Similarly, entering στηρ will return all lemmata containing, but not necessarily ending, in these letters.
before the first character of a search is similar to .* or [a-z]* in other tools. Diogenes doesn’t consider this a regex search, so no need for Beta Code.
You can easily select and paste the hits of your search into a text editor/Excel and manipulate them further.
The OP’s original question involves searching both endings and character combinations inside words, as have my answers – none of which you appear to have read.
This is the third time you appear to try to score points against me – what’s your deal?
I want to turn you into a passive pluperfect verb ending!
Just kidding! But seriously, I’m here to help him. Usually I give advice here on how to easily do what he needs to do. You should do something about your negative attitude that someone wants to hurt you
