Hesychius of Alexandria (῾Ησύχιος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς), a grammarian
that flourished probably in the 5th century CE, compiled the
richest lexicon of unusual and obscure Greek words that has
survived (in a single 15th century manuscript). Alexandria (
Egyptian Arabic: اسكندريه Eskendereyya; Standard Arabic: ar
الإسكندرية Al-Iskandariyya; Ἀλεξάνδρεια Grammar is the field of
Linguistics that covers the Rules governing the use of any given
natural language. The 5th century is the period from 401 to 500
in accordance with the Julian calendar in Anno Domini / Common
Era. The work includes approximately 51,000 entries, a copious
list of peculiar words, forms and phrases, with an explanation
of their meaning, and often with a reference to the author who
used them or to the district of Greece where they were current.
Hence the book is of great value to the student of the Greek
dialects; while in the restoration of the text of the classical
authors generally, and particularly of such writers as Aeschylus
and Theocritus, who