Literary notes about Lexicon (AI summary)
In literature, lexicon is used both as a literal compilation of words and as a metaphor for a repository of ideas and cultural identity. Authors employ it to denote concrete reference works—ranging from ancient Greek-English dictionaries ([1], [2]) and Masonic glossaries ([3], [4]) to specialized compilations in fields like surgery or law ([5], [6])—that provide explanatory clarity. At the same time, writers use the term more figuratively to evoke the vibrancy and promise of language itself, as seen in expressions like the “lexicon of youth” where vocabulary becomes a symbol of limitless potential ([7], [8], [9]). This dual usage underscores lexicon’s enduring role in bridging the technical with the imaginative, anchoring both scholarly discourse and creative expression.
- Used In The Following Lexicon a. Aorist. absol absolutely, without case or adjunct.
— from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield - LIDDELL AND SCOTT’S GREEK-ENGLISH LEXICON—Intermediate Royal Octavo, 910 pages.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane - Mackev gives this as an alternative interpretation of the Rosicrucians.-- Lexicon of Freemasonry , p. 150.
— from Secret societies and subversive movements by Nesta Helen Webster - 68. See Mackey's Lexicon of Freemasonry, 3d Edit., art, Ballot .
— from The Principles of Masonic Law by Albert Gallatin Mackey - In his Lexicon Galen defines it thus: Ἀπυρομήλῃ· τῇ πυρῆνα μὴ ἐχούσῃ τούτεστι τῇ μηλωτρίδι.
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne - In Galen’s Lexicon they are explained as follows: Κατοπτῆρι, τῷ καλουμένῳ ἑδροδιαστολεῖ, ὥσπερ γε καὶ διόπτρα ὁ γυναικῶν διαστολεύς.
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne - In the lexicon of youth which fate reserves for a bright manhood there is no such word as fail.—BULWER.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden - In the bright lexicon we give the spreading heavens, they have not even names.
— from Complete Prose Works by Walt Whitman - We trifle with the tide of fortune, which too often nips us in the bud and casts the dark shadow of misfortune over the bright lexicon of youth!
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales by Bret Harte
