<p>Ihavebeenonthesearchforasmallyetcomprehensive-ishdictionaryformyGreekstudiesandhavethusbeenscouringvariousforumstoexplorethedifferentoptionsthatareavailable.I'm on a rather tight budget myself, so I was rather hoping to find something that would not put a hole into my wallet, yet it appears as if a large number of Ancient Greek dictionaries have a somewhat higher price-point; this is especially true for the dictionary I have seen many people recommend, namely the LSJ (Liddell & Scott) dictionary. It is, I would venture to say, one of the most comprehensive — if not <em>the</em> most comprehensive — of Ancient Greek dictionaries that can be bought; yet, its price-point is reflective of its comprehensiveness, for a complete volume of LSJ goes for over €150. There exist a number of abridged versions costing between €30 and €50, depending on what kind of abridged version it is and where you buy it, yet that was still a tad too high for me. This is, I believe, especially true since I am by no means an expert in the language yet — and won't be for a long time to come —, so a perhaps more beginner-friendly dictionary would have been in order — and that, I believe, I have found. </p>
<p>Butindeed,whatuseisadictionaryifoneisunabletotypethewordslocatedthereinonacomputer—somethingIdoquitefrequentlyforcreatingnewflashcards?IhadbeenhavingthisexactproblemandfindingakeyboardthatsupportsPolytonic—i.e.severaltones—GreekonLinuxwasratherdifficult.Assomeofyoumaybeaware,IamauserofLinux—ManjaroLinuxtobeexact—andhavecompletelyexpelledWindowsfrommyprivatelife.Myoldinstallationstilldwellswithinsomehard-driveIhaveinmyshelf,butithasn't been used in probably half a year. Unfortunately, however, finding a Polytonic Greek keyboard was a much more difficult task on my Linux installation than it would have been on Windows; for, indeed, Windows comes pre-bundled with such a keyboard, so that you are able to simply install it as you would any other keyboard in the Windows settings. </p>
<p>ThisissomewhatdifferentonLinux—actually,<em>drastically</em>so.Iam,atpresent,usingManjaroXFCEandhadbeenusingtheregularXFCEkeyboardmanagingtool.Itdidcomepre-bundledwithaPolytonickeyboard,butforsomereason,itdidn't work quite as I had expected. I believe the problem was me being unable to put several <em>things</em> on top of the letters (i. e. a breathing mark <em>and</em> an accent would not have been possible) so that I ditched it. Instead, I found <a href="https://keyman.com/" rel="nofollow">Keyman</a> which have a rather impressive selection of keyboard layouts to choose from (even an Ancient Egyptian one I shall have to try out at some point), including one for Polytonic Greek. Unfortunately, no binaries for keyman seem to exist for Manjaro — neither in its official repositories nor in the AUR — so that I was forced to install the program from source which, unfortunately, took a while. Thereafter I was able to open its configuration to download and install the Polytonic keyboard; and upon having finished that, I was required to forego the in-built XFCE keyboard manager and, instead, install <code>ibus</code>. </p>
<p>BeforeIendthispost,IwouldliketobrieflyexpandupontheworkIhavebeendoing—whichisnotmuch,I'll admit. I've been working through the third Unit's exercises — with which I'll be done tomorrow, I'd hope —, whereafter I will have to finish the Review and the two Examinations. I will most likely be writing a short analysis of Greek verbs sometime soon so that I can more easily remember the different principal parts of a verb and I will also begin slowly working my way through Xenophon's <em>Anabasis</em>. To do so, I shall start by studying the most commonly used words used in the book as detailed on the first pages of the book I mentioned previously. I have already copied those used on the first page into a <code>.txt</code> file and will be converting it into an Anki set I can study after finishing this post.</p>
<p>Idon't believe I will be beginning Unit 4 this week and, instead, focus rather on revising what I have thus far learnt; especially since the Review and Examinations are coming up next.</p>