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Nigel Holmes
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Lexicographer at the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae
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Wer noch Lesestoff für das anstehende Wochenende braucht, dem legen wir unsere Zeitschrift #AkademieAktuell ans Herz.

Hier geht's zum #EPaper der neuen Ausgabe: tiny.badw.de/zkDsnt

Kostenlos im Abo als Print oder E-Paper über: [email protected]
Cover Akademie Aktuell: Ausgrabungen auf dem Monte San Martino im Trentino.
January 23, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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Now available: Sidonius Apollinaris: Selected Letters
Order at www.cambridge.org/9781009087629
Early birds save 20% off at checkout, code JOOP2026

#sidoniusapollinaris #epistolography #LatinLiterature #LateAntiquity
January 19, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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🥁 And the winner is … 🥁
💤 rhonchissator 💤
Das Lateinwort des Jahres 2025 bezeichnet eine schnarchende Person. An der Wahl, die der Thesaurus linguae Latinae organisiert, haben sich 1.374 Lateinfans aus aller Welt beteiligt.
parerga.hypotheses.org/4320
@thesaurosaur.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic
More than 1,000 words used as far back as 325BC to be collected for insight into past linguistic landscape
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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badw.de
Lärm, Schnarcher, Knurren... Was wird 2025 das LATEINWORT DES JAHRES?

Bis zum 14. Dezember können alle Lateinbegeisterten über das lateinische Wort des Jahres abstimmen.

Mehr dazu und Abstimmung: badw.de/die-akademie...
Zettelkästen des Thesaurus linguae Latinae der BAdW
November 26, 2025 at 8:35 AM
nigelholmes.bsky.social
A quick warning, in case there's anyone like me with dual citizenship planning to get an ETA to travel to Britain. They don't seem to allow that. Here's what the government website (www.gov.uk/eta/when-not...) says:
Dual citizens: If you're a dual citizen with British or Irish citizenship, you cannot get an ETA. When you travel to the UK you'll need to prove your citizenship using: a valid British passport / a valid Irish passport / another valid passport containing a certificate of entitlement
November 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Prof. Eleanor Dickey was interviewed by @thesaurosaur.bsky.social about Latin Loanwords in Ancient Greek for the TLL Podcast. Check it out below:

www.podbean.com/eas/pb-yqpx8...
14 INTERVIEW with Eleanor Dickey
Adam Gitner (TLL Lexicographer) interviews Prof. Eleanor Dickey (Reading) about her recent book Latin Loanwords in Ancient Greek: A Lexicon and Analysis. Several Latin words are discussed, including a...
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September 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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The Thesaurus linguae Latinae podcasts are mostly about Latin words, and mostly in English. But the latest episode is in German, an interview by Swaantje Otto with Marcus Deufert, mostly about the TLL, but also a little about his work on a new edition of Roman comic fragments: tllpod.podbean.com
TLL Podcast: Ut silvae foliis | TLLCollegium
Latin lexicography for your ear: short descriptions of long-lived Latin words.
tllpod.podbean.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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The Thesaurus linguae Latinae has a very intermittent podcast (including a talk by me on "pharus"). The latest entry is by Charles McNamara on "proficio": tllpod.podbean.com
TLL Podcast: Ut silvae foliis | TLLCollegium
Latin lexicography for your ear: short descriptions of long-lived Latin words.
tllpod.podbean.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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The latest installment of the Thesaurus linguae Latinae is finally in print. From "reus" to "robustus".
Cover of fascicle XI.2.12 of the Thesaurus linguae Latinae, reus-robustus.
August 29, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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In recent months, a significant amount of time has been devoted to our database of employees of the MGH since their founding in 1819. We are currently focused on documenting the genesis of our editions. All MGH editors will be included shortly. Have a look!
data.mgh.de/databases/mg...
August 18, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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📢 New SCS Blog Post

Kathleen Coleman, "Biographies of Latin via the endangered TLL Fellowship"

A vital resource for the SCS under threat. Please read!
Blog: Biographies of Latin via the endangered TLL Fellowship | Society for Classical Studies
www.classicalstudies.org
August 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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badw.de
#Video - Aus unserer Mediathek: Der Thesaurus linguae Latinae (TLL) ist das maßgebliche #Wörterbuch des antiken Lateins. So wird dort gearbeitet:

#Latein #Lexikon #Grundlagenforschung #Akademienprogramm
Aus unserer Forschung: Der Thesaurus linguae Latinae
Der Thesaurus linguae Latinae ist das maßgebliche Wörterbuch des antiken Lateins: Als einziges Lexikon bezieht der Thesaurus alle überlieferten Texte bis ca. 600 n. Chr. ein, umfasst also einen Zeitra...
badw.de
August 5, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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badw.de
Gerade findet in der BAdW die internationale TLL Summer School in Latin Lexicography statt, mit Forschenden in verschiedenen Karrierestufen, deren Arbeit sich mit dem lateinischen Wortschatz der #Antike befasst: thesaurus.badw.de/summerschool...

Fotos: @wolf-bild.bsky.social / BAdW

#Latein
Diesjährige Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer der Summerschool des Thesaurus linguae Latinae (TLL) in der Bibliothek des TLL Zwei Teilnehmerinnen der Summerschool des Thesaurus linguae Latinae (TLL) im Gespräch Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer der Summerschool des Thesaurus linguae Latinae (TLL) in der Bibliothek der BAdW Diesjährige Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer der Summerschool des Thesaurus linguae Latinae (TLL) und das Team des TLL im Gruppenfoto
July 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Digital Classicist Seminar Berlin. Call for Papers 2025/26

digital-classicist.bbaw.de/cfp

#DigiClass #DigitalHumanities #AncientSky
Call for Papers - Digital Classicist Seminar
BBAW Description.
digital-classicist.bbaw.de
July 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Call for Papers: Sociolinguistic Variation in Ancient Languages. Towards Third Wave approaches and beyond

Taking place at the University of Cambridge 26-28 March 2026!

Abstract submission deadline on September 15th.
Full call and further information at svalconference.wordpress.com
SVAL. Sociolinguistic Variation in Ancient Languages
Towards Third-wave approaches and beyond
svalconference.wordpress.com
June 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
Out now! Special collection of the Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics, ed. by Ezra la Roi and Dalia Pratali Maffei. 🥳
My article on lexical variation between epistula and litterae in the Ciceronian correspondence is available open access 😃
Special collection: Language Change from Above and from Below in Greek and Latin; Guest Editors: Ezra la Roi and Dalia Pratali Maffei
Volume 11, issue 1 of the journal Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics was published in 2025.
www.degruyterbrill.com
June 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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🎶Ein besonderer Flügel an der LMU: Gebaut von Beethovens Freundin Nanette Streicher, klingt er wie ein ganzes Orchester. Musikwiss. Hartmut Schick spricht mit @lmumuenchen.bsky.social über seine Bedeutung. Prof. Schick leitet das BAdW-Projekt "Richard-Strauss-Gesamtausgabe" tinyurl.com/5n8hptx6
Historischer Flügel: „Man wird fast ein bisschen süchtig nach diesem Klang”
Ein Instrument für besondere Konzerte an der LMU: Der Flügel, gebaut von Beethovens Freundin Nanette Streicher, klingt, als würde man ein ganzes Orchester hören. Im Interview spricht Musikwissenschaft...
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May 28, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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New TLL podcast episode with the talented Sólveig Hilmarsdottir on the complexities of Latin FEMVR!
tllpod.podbean.com/e/femvr-solv...
FEMVR: Sólveig Hilmarsdottir | TLL Podcast: Ut silvae foliis
Sólveig Hilmarsdottir (Cambridge University) discusses the complex paradigm of femur (gen. feminis or femoris?), its historical origin, and surprising variation in Latin texts. To consult the TLL arti...
tllpod.podbean.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
nigelholmes.bsky.social
Now we see if any American tabloid can match the Bild headline, when Ratzinger was made pope: "Wir sind Papst!"
May 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
nigelholmes.bsky.social
New pope selection coming. I'm rembering a lunch conversation with Catholic colleagues when Cardinal Ratzinger was chosen. This was Munich, and they had strong opinions about him. I said, "There must be something good you can say." Brief, gloomy pause. "He's very old."
April 22, 2025 at 8:42 AM
nigelholmes.bsky.social
Oddly, I thought I had the first of those settings on already, but when I checked, it was off. Could the choice have got lost in some update?
mmasnick.bsky.social Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · Mar 30
As Bluesky has grown, I've seen a lot of backsliding on alt text. Please try to be considerate to others and include alt text with all of your images. It helps everyone. Indeed, in the "accessibility" setting in Bluesky you can set it to make sure you add alt text, which is a useful thing to do.
Showing the accessibility settings for alt text in bluesky with two options: Require alt text before posting Display larger alt text badges Both are checked
March 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Haiku/hexameter

Vere fugante
nives niveus decor
additur horto.
Magnolia in bloom in the Kabinettsgarten in the Residenz Munich
March 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
nigelholmes.bsky.social
A riddle from 1994 (but the answer hasn't changed). I'll post the answer later if nobody guesses.

tempus edax rerum? sed et est, qui tempora mandat.
legibus hic versis post mortem vivit egetque
lustra per omnia adhuc vita, dum crescit in aevum.
March 20, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Come work on Latin words with us this summer! Applications due on February 28
Now with a cooler poster 😊
February 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM