Ancient/Classical History Glossary
Ancient History glossary.
Aristotle - Tragic Terminology Index
Agon, anapests, auletes, aulos, choregos, coryphaeus, deuteragonist, dithyramb, diaeresis, dochmiacs, eccyclema, epirrhema, episode, exode, iambic trimeter, kommos, monody, orchestra, parabasis, parode, parodos, prologue, protagonist, skenê, stasimon, stichomythia, strophe, antistrophe, tetralogy, theatron, theologeion, tragedy and trochaic trimeter.
Genealogy Terminology and Abbreviations
Terminology often seen when reading genealogy records.
Legal Terminology
Improve your Latin legal terminology! Alphabetical.
Medical Etymology Anatomy
An A-Z of medical anatomy terms and the etymology of the medical anatomical terms.
Rhetorical Terms
Most of these rhetorical terms, from alliteration to zeugma, are either Greek or are derived from Greek words.
Legion XXIV Glossary of Latin Terms Names and Phrases
A military glossary with a difference. Most of the terms defined are Latin, but some are English translated into Latin.
Judaism Glossary
Definitions of the following terms: Apocalyptic literature, Apocrypha, Aramaic, Babylonian Exile, Diaspora, Essenes, Pharisees, and Sadducees.
Glossary of Literary Terms
A list of literary and rhetorical terms related to the interpretation of English literature.
Glossary of Terms Related to the Catacombs
An A-Z list of words related to the Roman catacombs, "those rare vestiges of history that illustrate the common influences on Jewish, Christian, and Pagan iconography and funerary practices during the time of the Roman Empire."
Glossary of Archaic Chemistry Terms
An alphabetical list of terms and formulae from chemistry, or, as the author says, archaic chemistry, many of which are derived from Latin and Greek words.
Glossary of Common Latin Terms
Robert L. Maxwell's glossary of common Latin terms, found in imprints of early printed books, gives the Latin words and examples of how they were used.
Glossary of Latin Terminology
UK Legal provides an A-V (ab extra to vide) of Latin terms used in modern law.
Etymology of Mineral and Rock Names
Glossary of geological words used for rocks and minerals.
Etymology of some names of places
Etymology of certain French place names.
Garden Gate - Roots of Botanical Names
An A-Z list of terms from botany, many of which derive from Latin and Greek.
Genealogy.com Latin Terms
Latin terms genealogists come across while looking through old family records.
A Dictionary of Carnivorous Plant Names
The etymologies of the names of various carnivorous plants, from "Sarraceniaciae - named after the Canadian physician Dr. M. S. Sarrazin" to "wightiana - named after the British botanist R. Wight."
Etymology of Geological Time Units
Etymology of many geological terms and explanations of others.
