tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post6348431238405875146..comments2024-01-26T21:38:25.924-08:00Comments on Duane's PoeTree: Arlene Corwin writesDuanesPoeTreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-3866462252081165352020-02-16T15:25:40.338-08:002020-02-16T15:25:40.338-08:00The word "thesaurus" comes from the Gree...The word "thesaurus" comes from the Greek "thesauros" (treasure, treasury, storehouse). In the 1st century Philo Byblius was the 1st to compose a dictinary of synonyms; an extant epitome ("Peri homoion kai diaphoron lexeon," On the Differences of Synonymous Expressions) was composed in the 4th century by Ammonius Grammaticus. In the 4th century Amarasimha compiled the "Namalinganushasanam" (instruction concerning nouns and gender), popularly known as the "Amarakosha" (Treasury of Amara); written in verse form, the 1st part dealt with words pertaining to gods, the 2nd with words about earth, towns, animals, and humans, and the 3rd with words related to grammar and other miscellaneous words. In 1668 bishop John Wilkins of Chester published "An Essay towards a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language" which included an "Alphabetical Dictionary." This work's semantic arrangement was followed by physician Peter Mark Roget who began compiling synonyms in 1805, eventually (1852) resulting in the "Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases." DuanesPoeTreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.com