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Bopp, Glossarium Sanscritum (BOP)

BOP is Franz Bopp's Glossarium Sanscritum (1847) — a Sanskrit→Latin glossary by the founder of comparative Indo-European grammar. Its hallmark is comparative etymology: entries cite Latin, Germanic, and other cognates. Glosses are in Latin.

At a glance​

CodeBOP (GitHub repo BOP)
Full titleGlossarium Sanscritum
AuthorFranz Bopp
Year / size1847 · ~420 pages
DirectionSanskrit → Latin
AccentsNo
Sourcecsl-orig/v02/bop/
OpenBasic · List · Advanced · Mobile
DataDownloads
csl-docbop.rst

When to use it​

Reach for BOP for the comparative-philology lens of the 1840s — Latin glosses and Indo-European cognates by the discipline's founder. It is a historical/etymological resource, not a modern reference; for that use Monier-Williams (MW).

Looking up a word​

Open the Basic display, pick your input/output transliteration (see Encoding & Transliteration), and type the headword. The List and Advanced displays browse and search inside entries — see Search & Display.

Reading an entry​

Bopp gives the SLP1 headword in {#…#}, Latin glosses in {%…%}, and the root and cognates. The entry aṃśa (csl-orig/v02/bop/bop.txt):

<L>4<pc>001-a<k1>aMSa<k2>aMSa
{#aMSa#}¦ {%m.%} (r. {#aMS#} s. {#a#}) 1) pars, portio. 2) humerus. SAK. 22.6.infr.
(cf. germ. vet. {%ahsala%}, lat. {%axilla%}, v. sq, {#aMSala#}). Scribitur etiam {#aMsa#}.
In the sourceMeaning
{#aMSa#}the headword (SLP1 search key <k1>)
{%m.%}grammatical category (masculine)
(r. {#aMS#})the root (aṃś)
pars, portio · humerusthe Latin glosses ("part, portion"; "shoulder")
cf. germ. vet. ahsala, lat. axillathe cognates — Old German ahsala, Latin axilla

See Data Formats for the markup reference.

What makes it distinctive​

  • By the founder of comparative IE grammar. Bopp's etymological lens throughout.
  • Latin glosses + cognates. Each entry can cite Latin, Germanic, etc. parallels.

See also​