Editing Robert Estienne (section)

===Dictionaries===
One of the best printers of his time,{{sfn|Amert|2012|p=60}} Robert Estienne was asked to either compile a dictionary from the best Latin authors or make one himself; in 1531 he published ''[[Thesaurus linguae latinae]]'', which is considered by some scholars to be the foundation of modern Latin lexicography.{{sfn|Armstrong|1986|pp=85-87}} Moreover, this dictionary made Estienne the "father of French lexicography".{{sfn|Steinberg|1996|p=41}} He had worked on it for two years, with the assistance only of [[Thierry of Beauvais]].{{sfn|Tilley|1911|p=799}} It was 964 pages and was improved in 1536 and 1543 in three volumes.{{sfn|Armstrong|1986|p=68, 86}} Considered his "greatest monument of Latin scholarship", he employed research assistants for the 1543 version: Andreas Gruntleus, Gerardus Clericus, and Adam Nodius.{{sfn|Armstrong|1986|p=22, 58}} 
[[File:Page of Robert Estienne's Dictionaire françoislatin 1549.jpg|thumb|Page from Robert Estienne's 1549 Dictionaire françoislatin]]
From his work on the ''Thesaurus linguae latinae'', he published ''Dictionarium latino-gallicum'' in 1538 and ''Dictionaire françoislatin'' in 1540.{{sfn|Steinberg|1996|p=41}} These dictionaries were superior to others at the time because non-classical elements had been edited out; when determining words, they were checked for correctness and applicability in context; and citations were exclusively from classical authors.{{sfn|Armstrong|1986|p=87}} Furthermore, it applied consistency to word order since lexicographers disagreed about whether words should be ordered alphabetically or etymologically. Estienne's thesaurus was alphabetical based on the first three letters of the word, then grouped etymologically.{{sfn|Armstrong|1986|p=87}} In the 1540s, he began publishing more concise school dictionaries.{{sfn|Armstrong|1986|p=88}} Many of these dictionaries were translated into other languages such as German and Flemish.{{sfn|Armstrong|1986|p=89}} From 1528 to 1580, he published several editions of ''Alphabetum graecum'', a representation of Renaissance Greek orthography.{{sfn|Amert|2012|p=36}}