Lexicon VBekker 2

Literary/ Cultural Context Essay

Dimitrios Papanikolaou (University of Democritus)

Ed. by Sophia Papaioannou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.1.2: Ancient Roman Writing and Culture (Republic and Empire), -750-476.
Vol. editors: William John Dominik (University of Otago), Giacomo Fedeli (University of Exeter), Thomas Habinek (University of Southern California), Emily Kneebone (University of Nottingham), Elodie Paillard (University of Sydney), Sophia Papaioannou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Jula Wildberger (The American University of Paris)

Domains

Lexicology and Lexicography

Dates

Date of occurrence c.200- c.500

Places

Ancient Rome (Republic & Empire) (Location)

Genres and Modes

Dictionary

A lexicon of the vocabulary (usus auctoris) of the Attic orators, usually designated by scholars as Lexicon VBekker 2 or Lexicon V2 (Wentzel 1895: 483; Tolkiehn 1925: cols. 2476; 2478 source 2; Erbse 1950: 62). The exact identity of the compiler and the date of the lexicon itself are unknown. The very old material of the lexicon (which in many cases emanates from lost Attic rhetorical texts) and its Atticist underlying ideology (since its use could also assist the imitation of the particular usus auctoris of classical orators) raise the legitimate suspicion that its date could well be placed in the Roman imperial period or the later Antiquity (2^nd-5^th century AD).

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Citation: Papanikolaou, Dimitrios. "Lexicon VBekker 2". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 23 October 2018 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=19541, accessed 27 April 2024.]

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