lexicon
/ˈleksɪkən/noun
1- the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge(个人、语言或学科的)词汇:
the size of the English lexicon.
英语词汇的规模。
1.1
- a dictionary, especially of Greek, Hebrew, Syriac, or Arabic(尤指希腊语、希伯来语、古叙利亚语或阿拉伯语的)词典:
a Greek-Latin lexicon.
希腊语-拉丁语词典。
词源
early 17th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek lexikon (biblion) (book) of 'words', from lexis word, from legein 'speak'.