Etymological Dictionary of Greek; Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series

Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2010. Hardcover. Near fine. Two volumes (complete), large octavo size, 1862 pp. For those who wish to study Greek at its deepest level, we cannot do better than present the author's words at the beginning of the Preface: "[a]part from compiling the first comprehensive etymological dictionary of Greek in the English language and incorporating the most recent scholarly literature on Greek etymology, there were a number of other reasons why a new dictionary seemed to be a desideratum..." (p. vii). He goes on to state that the three points upon which Frisk had doubts - the laryngeal theory, Mycenaean, and the Pelasgian theory - were (truncated) exactly the areas where "substantial progress has been made in the last decades, so that we can now be much more confident in these areas" (ibid).

While this two-volume set is part of the Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series, these volumes stand on their own. This hardcover version appears to be somewhat scarce in the marketplace, almost all of the listings online as of this writing are softcover.

___DESCRIPTION: Decorated textured paper over boards, large octavo size (binding is 9 5/8" by 6 5/8"), continously paginated thus: Volume 1, [i-vii] viii-xlviii [1] 2-885 [886]; Volume 2, [i-vi] [887] 888-1808.

___CONDITION: Volumes near fine, the boards clean, strong, square text blocks with solid hinges, the interiors clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; all corners bumped but not rubbed, a few spots of light edgewear.

___POSTAGE: Please note that this set is unusually heavy and additional postage may apply; please inquire for details.

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