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What is the oldest known Greek dictionary or lexicon?
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When you say "the first Greek dictionary" do you mean a dictionary of ancient Greek or a dictionary of modern Greek? Do you mean a Greek-Greek dictionary or a dictionary that translates Greek into another language?

If you are referring to ancient Greek, the first "dictionaries" that appeared were glossaries that explained words from Homer's works. These glossaries did not have alphabetical order and were particularly developed in the times of the Sophists.

In case you refer to modern Greek, things are more complicated. Until 1976 there was an artificial bilingualism in Greece. The official language of the state (known as "katharevousa") was different from the live spoken language,(known as "dimotiki".) So there are dictionaries that explain the spoken language (demotic) in terms of the katharevousa. These are quite difficult to understand and not recommended for someone that studies modern Greek now.

If you refer to the first Greek-Greek dictionary that explains dimotiki in terms of dimotiki (which was established as the official language of the state in 1978), then the first is the following: E. Kριαράς, 1995. Λεξικό της σύγχρονης ελληνικής δημοτικής γλώσσας. Aθήνα: Eκδοτική Aθηνών. (E. Kriaras, Dictionary of the modern Greek language. Athens, Ekdotiki Athinon.)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vasiliki Baskou, Instructor/Director, https://learn-greek-online.com.

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Thank you for your response. Much appreciated.

By way of clarification, I meant ancient Greek and in particular were there any established and recognized dictionaries in use during the period of the New Testament writings (A.D. 50-90). In other words, was there a
"Liddell and Scott's type lexicon" in existence that a New Testament author could consult to find out the meaning of a Greek word? From your answer I take it that there were, at least in relation to Homer works.

Again, thank for your time and kind assistance.
I did some research.  There appear to have been many lexica of which we have no details.  Many were available long before the birth of Christ.  Eirenaeus of Alexandria is the first well known Atticist lexicographer (end of 1st century A.D.).
What are the oldest greek lexica's available to day?  What did your study find?
This was more than 3 years ago, I did not keep my notes.  This is more of a history question, outside the scope of the modern Greek language.  I had to resort to a historian.
That my friend is an excellent question Greek does not have an e at the end of the name
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