Dictionary of Selected Synonyms

This category organizes and subcategorizes the sections of the Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Languages of Middle-earth project, keyed to Carl Darling Buck's Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages (Univ. of Chicago).


 * Explanations
 * Abbreviations for Languages and Dialects
 * Abbreviations for Works of Reference
 * Other Abbreviations
 * Orthography and Transcription
 * Form of Citation


 * 1. The Physical World in Its Larger Aspects
 * 2. Mankind: Sex, Age, Family Relationship
 * 3. Animals
 * 4. Parts of the Body; Bodily Functions and Conditions
 * 5. Food and Drink; Cooking and Utensils
 * 6. Clothing; Personal Adornment and Care
 * 7. Dwelling, House, Furniture
 * 8. Agriculture, Vegetation
 * 9. Miscellaneous Physical Acts and Those Pertaining to Special Arts and Crafts, with Some Implements, Materials, and Products; Other Miscellaneous Notions
 * 10. Motion; Locomotion, Transportation, Navigation
 * 11. Possession, Property, and Commerce
 * 12. Spatial Relations: Place, Form, Size
 * 13. Quantity and Number
 * 14. Time
 * 15. Sense Perception
 * 16. Emotion (with Some Physical Expressions of Emotion); Temperamental, Moral, and Aesthetic Notions
 * 17. Mind, Thought
 * 18. Vocal Utterance, Speech; Reading and Writing
 * 19. Territorial, Social, and Political Divisions; Social Relations
 * 20. Warfare
 * 21. Law
 * 22. Religion and Superstition