Whitaker's Words
Words has an extensive dictionary of the Latin language as well as the capability to recognize various morphological forms and determine what the root word is as well as the what form it is in. Unlike other apps based on Whitaker's words, this is a port of the original code rather than simply using the dictionary, and therefore essentially feature complete compared to the desktop program.
This app is add-free, open source, and requires no permissions.
Source code: https://github.com/ids1024/whitakers-words-androidBug tracker: https://github.com/ids1024/whitakers-words-android/issues
Category : Books & Reference
Reviews (29)
I teach Latin at the middle and high school levels and I use this app every day. The definitions are great and the parsing is very helpful. Figuring out what the abbreviations mean can be difficult but once you do it's not a problem. I recommend this app to my students all the time and I think it would be helpful to anyone interested in translating Latin.
This is one of the best Latin dictionaries. It's a no fluff strict translation listing all the aspects of a word (mood, voice, declension, etc).
This got me through high school Latin and is still useful for continued Latin studies. If you know how to read a Latin dictionary, Whitaker's Words is natural and easy to use and gives far more information than any other translator app.
Only wish there were a quicker way to switch between English and Latin. Otherwise excellent port!
Just a brilliant Latin App. Just FYI, if you do decide to spend money on an alternative to the free app, does not make you a better student/speaker.
Straight forward explanations, veeery objective and easy to manage. In short, a must.
Excellent. Does what it says, works flawless and has absolutely zero ads. What more you could ever want from an app? Thank you author!
Great app, just wish there was a lighter mode. The dark is hard on my eyes.
It is fantastic does exactly as it should, gives all grammar information on words also.
This app got me through junior high Latin. I would have failed out a long tine ago if it weren't for Whitaker's Words.
As a long time user of Whitaker Words, I'm grateful for this app. It is simple and quick as can be.
Worked perfectly on Android. Very easy to use.
Works well, has a plenty of words. I like it
Extremely helpful for intermediate Latin students
A must have for anyone studying Latin.
Beautiful translator with information about each word
Thanks a lot for this useful dictionary!
Simply perfect. 'Nuff said.
Best app for Latin dictionary
Fantastic to have this available as an app!
This helps me more than any teacher I've ever had.
Easy to use, great!
I am a Latin student and this has never failed me!
Very good to see this in app form! A great help for learning Latin! Feature Reques: Since this is a program it would be phenomenal if you could click on a word and get all the actual declensions or conjugations. It clearly already has all this information in the program, so would only have to work on the formatting for displaying. If it did this someone could almost learn this Latin just using this app! For an example, in Spanish the website Tomisimo does this conjugation breakdown' very well!
Good work, but i don't like the update that removed the main typing area and button toggle. The typing area replaces the title area at the top of the screen now, and you have to go to the menu to toggle translation direction. I prefer the old toggle button. Would give 5 stars if not for new update. Also, adding a bookmark feature would be great, but i wouldn't dock a star for not having that.
Not complaining...
This app tells you the translations of each individual word but, still let's you piece your sentence together. Great app! Congratulations to the creators for this easy to use Latin translator.
I love this app so much, but I just wish it would have a more modern design.
Where would I be without this app? I like to pray the Breviary in Latin. There is plenty of obscure vocabulary from various centuries therein. Whitaker's has all the words, and is swift and easy to use. My only wish is that it would save recent searches or allow starring/highlighting of entries so that one could make a list of vocabulary for review. (Word Reference has this feature.) But it's a fantastic, utterly simple, and incredibly useful app.