Editing Ambrogio Calepino (section)

==Works==
His [[Latin]] [[dictionary]] appeared first in 1502 at [[Reggio Emilia|Reggio]]. It was reprinted many times during the 16th century, the Aldine press alone producing no fewer than 18 editions from 1542 to 1592. Later editions were considerably enlarged. To the Latin of the original were added equivalents in other [[language]]s. Thus we have the [[Basel]] edition (1590) which contains eleven languages: "Ambrosii Calepini dictionarium undecim linguarum: respondent autem [[latin]]is vocabulis hebraica, græca, gallica, italica, germanica, [[dutch language|belgica]], hispanica, polonica, [[hungarian language|ungarica]], anglica".

The edition in seven languages by [[Jacopo Facciolati]] ([[Pavia]], 1718) with the assistance of [[Egidio Forcellini]],<ref>{{CathEncy|wstitle=Egidio Forcellini}}</ref> was reprinted many times. Calepinus became a common name, a synonym of dictionary or lexicon, and we find titles like the following:  ''Septem linguarum calepinus, hoc est, lexicon latinum''. Calepino also wrote the life of John Bonus of Mantua which is found in the ''[[Acta Sanctorum]]'' for 22 October (''Oct''. IX, 748–767).