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Lexicon
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
a dictionary (q.v.). The word is the Latinized form of Gr. sc. 1 30Xiov, a word-book (X is, word, to speak). Lexicon, rather than dictionary, is used of word-books of the Greek language, and sometimes of Arabic and Hebrew.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Lexicon'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/l/lexicon.html. 1910.