From: Renaissance Quarterly | Date: December 22, 1995| Author: Tunberg, Terence O. | COPYRIGHT 1995 Renaissance Society of America. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

As every Neo-Latinist knows, the vocabulary of Latin underwent a great expansion during the Renaissance. The coining of new words was especially necessary for those who wrote about printing, seafaring, warfare, and scientific matters, but the use of Latin words unattested in Antiquity or even the Middle Ages is also common in Neo-Latin texts concerned with less technical matters. Students of Neo-Latin, however, are hampered by a lack of lexicographical and other scholarly aids dealin...