Ancient GreekMore Greek verb forms now show the right dictionary entry and grammar, including ᾤμεθα under οἴομαι ("think"), εἰσέλθῃ under εἰσέρχομαι ("go in"), μεῖναι under μένω ("stay") and συνεστήκῃ under συνίστημι ("stand together"). The cut-off λίπ᾽ now reads as a past form of λείπω ("leave"), and the Doric κριτᾶν reads as "of judges", the genitive plural of κριτής.Oct 9
Old EnglishMany word forms now show the right dictionary entry and grammar, including gefullode ("were baptized") in Matthew 3:6 and other participles after wǣron, weorþan and wesan, rihtwīsendra as the noun "Sadducee" in Matthew 3:7 and other -endra nouns such as etendra ("eaters"), weak genitive plurals such as nǣddrena ("of snakes") and eágena ("of eyes"), twelftandæg ("twelfth day") and ten more dictionary entries that were missing, Latin Bible names such as Esaiam and Iudam showing "accusative", and words with two senses such as sol and mōs leading with the sense that matches their grammar.Oct 9
Ancient GreekFuture forms of λαμβάνω ("take") such as λήμψεται, λήμψονται and the Ionic λάμψεαι now show λαμβάνω first instead of λάμπω ("shine"), and λήψει reads as "you will take".Oct 8
Ancient GreekMore Greek words now show the right dictionary entry and grammar, including Θρήικες ("Thracians") under Θρᾷξ, Ὀρφικοῖσι under Ὀρφικός ("Orphic"), κατεξανιστάμενος under κατεξανίσταμαι ("rise up against"), Ionic forms such as κηλωνηίοισι and ἐπαερθείς, φῶς ("light"), πειθώ ("persuasion"), ἔνιοι ("some"), compound adjectives ending in -οος such as μελάγχροος ("dark-skinned") and their contracted forms such as κακόνουν, πεσῇ under πίπτω ("fall"), ἀληθίζεσθαι under ἀληθίζομαι ("speak the truth"), εἰσεδύοντο under εἰσδύνω ("go into"), διωρώρυκτο under διορύσσω ("dig through"), χέας and χέασθαι under χέω ("pour"), and γεγαῶτες under γίγνομαι ("become"); other forms of πίπτω such as πεσών no longer list readings the verb does not have, forms such as ἄρας now read under αἴρω ("lift"), and forms of γίγνομαι ("become") such as γένῃ no longer list active readings the verb does not have; ἐπίστασο ("know how!") now reads as a present imperative of ἐπίσταμαι, not a past tense. The accent you type now tells more words apart: μισθοῖ reads as the verb μισθόω ("hire out") rather than μισθός ("wage"), ἀνθεῖ as ἀνθέω ("bloom") rather than ἄνθος ("flower"), and ποιεῖν, μένειν and ἀποκτεῖναι no longer list look-alike forms with another accent.Oct 8
All LanguagesOn phones narrower than 360 px the study-language picker shows only its icon, so page titles fit.Oct 7
Ancient GreekQuizzes can now be written for Babrius fables and other verse texts whose answers run across two lines.Oct 6
Old EnglishMany names now show the right reading, including Latin forms of Bible names such as Iordanen ("Jordan"), Iudee ("Judea"), Esaiam ("Isaiah"), Ierusalem ("Jerusalem") and Crīstum ("Christ"), capitalized God, Godes and Gode as "God", and names such as Hǣlend ("Jesus"), Drihten ("the Lord"), Heorot and Scyld.Oct 5
Old EnglishDictionary definitions no longer show leftover notes such as Latin equivalents and cross-references, entries that point to another entry now show that entry's definition, and verb forms such as gefullode also list the verb's other sense ("to baptize").Oct 5
Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
Ancient GreekMany word forms now show the right dictionary entry and grammar, including μενοῦν as the particle, adverbs ending in -δόν such as σχεδόν ("almost"), compounds of εἶδον ("I saw") such as παρεῖδον and ὑπερεῖδον under their present verb, past-tense verbs with a prefix such as ἐξέστησε and ἐπέσχε, adjectives such as εὔνεως and ἄδικος beside a feminine noun like ναῦς, ὑπόχρεων as the adjective ὑπόχρεως, rare adjectives and nouns ending in -ως, Attic-declension forms, ἐναντίον, ἐναντία as "the opposite", τοὐναντίον, and Ionic perfect participles.Oct 4
All LanguagesThe word panel shows "Explain this sentence" at the bottom, after the dictionary entry.Oct 4
Ancient GreekBabrius fables now have names in the Reader, and the first fable shows the correct breathing mark.Oct 4
All LanguagesThe sign-in email field is now marked for password manager autofill on both the page and popup.Oct 3
All LanguagesOn phones the word panel is shorter, the page scrolls so the word you tapped stays visible above it, and tapping another word switches the panel in one tap.Oct 3
All LanguagesPressing Escape in a text field, such as a personal definition or a new collection name, cancels only that field, and closing a panel returns focus to where you were.Oct 3
All LanguagesRemoving a text from a collection now asks you to confirm and shows an error if it fails, and "Mark as…" actions on a list use the app's own confirm dialog.Oct 3
All LanguagesTap targets in the Reader and word panel are larger, on/off switches are clearer, and the chapter list has higher contrast.Oct 3
Ancient GreekSupporters who reload the quiz page partway through pick up at the next unanswered question with their earlier answers kept.Oct 3
All LanguagesMissing pages, texts and collections now say what was not found and link to the library and search, and errors keep the site header and footer with Try again, Go to the library and Report this problem.Oct 3
All LanguagesFor educators and the unsubscribe page now follow your chosen language, and opening the unsubscribe page without a link no longer says you were unsubscribed.Oct 3
All LanguagesThe daily goal now reads "Mark 5 words", and a new account no longer sees "No flashcards due today" ticked as done.Oct 3
All LanguagesThe settings page loads faster, the daily goal accepts 1 to 500 and saves when you press Enter, and amounts use your currency and number format.Oct 3
All LanguagesSupporters whose card failed keep their perks and see how to update the card, and supporters whose support ended see the end date.Oct 3
All LanguagesOn phones, the quick filter chips scroll on one line, the Add filter picker names its filter, and long collection descriptions stop after two lines.Oct 3
All LanguagesLapsed supporters still see their own collections and texts on the shelf in read-only form, signed-out visitors see a panel about keeping their own texts there, and adding a text to a collection closes the sheet and updates the shelf.Oct 3
All LanguagesText cards no longer repeat the source line or show "Unknown source" or a raw URL, catalog texts drop the "Imported" and Public labels, and new personal collections get shorter links.Oct 3
All LanguagesFlashcard fronts show a word's accent as acute, such as γυνή, instead of the grave accent it takes in a sentence.Oct 3
All LanguagesThe reader settings panel, the word right-click and long-press menu, sentence explanations, the speak button, the page controls and the word breakdown chip are now translated into Swedish and Greek, and the About this text and Reader settings names match everywhere.Oct 3
All LanguagesWhen a sentence explanation fails or comes back empty, the panel says so, shows Try again only when it can help, and offers a Back to link for the word, which now has its Explain button higher in the word panel.Oct 3
Ancient GreekTurning accents off no longer leaves a breathing mark before capital letters and keeps the iota subscript.Oct 3
Old EnglishIllustrated Old English chapters hold space for their pictures so the text does not jump, hide a picture that fails to load, give each picture alt text, and load a much smaller book cover.Oct 3
Old EnglishJoined Old English expressions no longer show a "compound" gloss that does not fit them.Oct 3
All LanguagesA book with some chapters not yet available says which chapters are not available yet instead of "You've finished".Oct 3
All LanguagesTurning macrons off now applies to titles and the word headword.Oct 3
All LanguagesText copy mode is labelled "For this session only", clicking the Aa or Chapters button again closes its panel, and the smallest line spacing keeps coloured words apart.Oct 3
All LanguagesA difficulty of zero bars now reads "None", and the speak button explains why it is unavailable.Oct 3
Old EnglishLatin-form biblical names such as Herodem, Iohannem, Moysen and Petrum now open their entries (Herod, John, Moses, Peter) as accusative, and Bosworth-Toller definitions no longer list stray Old English words or grammar notes as meanings, with real definitions for cwealmness ("pain, torment") and þwærness ("agreement").Oct 3
Ancient GreekOn texts with a saved answer sheet, the word panel shows the full dictionary definition, including its "With genitive", "With dative" and "With accusative" sections, as soon as it opens.Oct 2
Ancient GreekEtymology in the word panel loads faster, and if it cannot load, the panel says so and keeps the definition on screen.Oct 2
All LanguagesScreen readers now announce loading messages such as "Loading texts..." once, on the Texts and Collections lists, the dictionary search, flashcards, and other pages that load content.Oct 1
All LanguagesWhen a filter or search leaves the Texts or Collections list with one page or no results while a page button has keyboard focus, focus moves to the list.Oct 1
Old EnglishMore Old English words show the right reading, such as swȳde ("very"), hēhnysse ("height, highness"), rēċels and wriġels with their palatal dots, Rachel, Philippus ("Philip the apostle") and Hierosolimwaru ("the people of Jerusalem"), and Bosworth-Toller definitions no longer show editor's notes, quotation scraps, stray brackets or repeated glosses.Oct 1
Ancient GreekOpening Etymology in the word panel adds the etymology and leaves the reading, the other readings and the senses as they were.Oct 1
Old EnglishMore Old English words now resolve or show the right reading, such as tungelwītegan ("star prophet, astrologer"), þotorung ("howling, wailing") and worold ("world"); nille no longer lists willan as a second reading; nouns chosen by the sentence list all their cases and keep their long-vowel marks; Bosworth-Toller definitions no longer show dictionary editing notes; and a long headword is no longer cut off in the desktop word panel.Sep 29
All LanguagesWhen you go to the next or previous page on the Texts and Collections tabs, the current page stays on screen with a loading label until the new page arrives, and your scroll position stays where it was.Sep 29
All LanguagesSaving an edit to a text re-checks only the sentences you changed, so a small fix saves in about a second.Sep 29
All LanguagesA text over 5,000 words is refused when you save an edit, with a message to split it into more than one text, and the editor stays open with your text.Sep 29
All LanguagesAfter you save an edit, the editor stays in its saving state until the page reloads instead of briefly showing the old text.Sep 29
Ancient GreekPasted Greek texts of about 3,000 words or more now finish importing.Sep 28
All LanguagesImporting a text from a URL now tells you what went wrong, such as a page with no Greek, a link that is not a text page, a mistyped address, or a website that is down, instead of showing a server error.Sep 28
Ancient Greekμεταμελήσειν now shows the future infinitive of μεταμέλω instead of an aorist that does not exist; ὑποσχόντες, ὑποσχοῦσα and καθυπέσχον now show ὑπέχω instead of ὑπισχνέομαι, which has no active forms; and Ἄγιδος now leads to Ἆγις with its correct accent.Sep 28
All LanguagesWhen you are signed out, the home page tab says Kevilex · Read Ancient Greek and Old English, and when you are signed in it says Kevilex · Dashboard.Sep 28
Sep 21 – 27, 2026
All LanguagesThe chapter list fills the space under the title, the collection link, and Previous and Next on a wide screen and on a phone.Sep 27
All LanguagesWhile Style Settings is open, the Aa button looks selected, like the Chapters button.Sep 27
All LanguagesWhen you open the next or previous chapter, the text leaves at once and a loading animation shows in its place until the new chapter arrives, the reader bar keeps the current title during that wait, and the current chapter comes back if the new chapter does not open.Sep 26
All LanguagesThe reader bar stays in place when you open another chapter.Sep 26
All LanguagesWhen you are signed in, the header shows Dashboard and Progress as soon as the page appears, and Supporter when you are a supporter.Sep 26
Ancient GreekParticiples with no case ending now show the right gender: ποιοῦν, λῦσαν, λυθέν and διδόν read as neuter instead of masculine, and ποιῶν reads as masculine only.Sep 26
Ancient GreekἈρτέμιδι and other forms of feminine names now show feminine instead of masculine, and Ἀρτέμιδι shows Wiktionary's definition of Artemis.Sep 26
Old EnglishMore strong-verb forms now resolve in the reader, such as æfterrēow ("rowed after"), and show the dictionary headword, its meaning, and its grammar.Sep 26
Ancient GreekPasting a Greek text imports successfully, and a failed import can be retried with "Try again".Sep 25
Ancient GreekA failed import now says why: it took too long, the analysis engine was updated during the import, or the text needs a change before it can succeed; that last kind of failure shows on the first try.Sep 25
Old Englishbēom after "þām" and Bēon before "sindon" now read as bee (bēo) instead of the verb "to be", and ġefēran after "his", "mīnum", "twēġen" and similar words now reads as gefēra ("companion") instead of a verb; biþ no longer repeats a second "is" line for bēon; Englaland, Englalonde and Englalande now share one entry, so marking one as known marks them all, and "Haha" reads as the interjection "ha ha" instead of hēah ("high"); frēcenlīċe before a plural noun reads as the adjective "dangerous", and lowercase eotenas reads as eoten ("giant, monster") instead of the Jutes; rȳmett reads as the noun rȳmet ("room, space"), spric reads as the imperative of sprecan ("to speak"), and ġeocian and ġeġeocod read as "to yoke", with ġēocian ("to preserve") kept as its own entry; and definitions no longer show Wiktionary labels such as "Of persons:" or Bosworth-Toller editorial notes such as "in Dict" and "and add", and a definition taken from Clark Hall or Bosworth-Toller is now labelled with that dictionary instead of Wiktionary.Sep 25
All LanguagesFlashcard buttons for one text, and the card at the end of a chapter, say Review, and the number is how many cards the session will start with.Sep 24
All LanguagesThe "+ Add Filter" button hides when there is no filter left to add.Sep 23
Ancient GreekThe "epic" dialect tag on unaugmented past-tense verbs is now right in more cases: ἀπείλησε, κάκωσε and ἐπίστατο now show it; ἀντῆρε, ἀνῆκε, παρῆκε, ἐπηρέασε, ὕφαινε, ὕβρισε and the Attic pluperfects ἐληλύθει and ἐστράτευτο no longer show it; ἔλαβα and similar late forms now show a Koine label instead; and ἀπίκατο in Herodotus resolves as a pluperfect again.Sep 23
Ancient GreekGreek text pages open faster, and a word you tap shows its grammar and a short definition.Sep 22
Ancient GreekA word popup shows the source of its short definition on the first tap and keeps that definition and source when you open Etymology, and a saved open Etymology section stays closed until you open it.Sep 22
All LanguagesWhen you open Etymology, the word popup keeps the loading line until the lookup ends, says "No etymology available" only if that lookup finds no etymology, shows "Try again" if the lookup fails, and opens Etymology on the next word if you left it open.Sep 22
Ancient GreekWhen the short definition on a word popup fails to load, the popup keeps the loading line until the lookup ends, and "Try again" appears only if that lookup fails.Sep 21
All LanguagesReading without signing in shows the sign-up prompt again after five word lookups; on texts added recently it had stopped appearing.Sep 21
Old English9,955 word forms now gain a sense from Clark Hall or Bosworth-Toller that Wiktionary alone did not show: onġēan in "Sēo bēo flīeġþ onġēan Ōsweald." now lists "towards" among its readings instead of only "against" and "opposite"; þǣre no longer offers a Bosworth-Toller cross-reference as a definition; hē and hēo no longer show heo, hit, or he under the wrong gender; and mehc and hiore now resolve to their entries.Sep 21
Sep 14 – 20, 2026
Ancient GreekGreek word popups open with the headword and form analysis right away, then load a short definition; the full dictionary entry and etymology load when requested, and marking a word Known or exporting vocabulary uses the selected reading's headword.Sep 20
All LanguagesThe import page heading reads "Import" and stays on one line on a phone.Sep 19
Ancient Greekτὸ, τὸν and τὰ now show the article "the" instead of a pronoun definition; ἀνεπίλημπτον in 1 Timothy 3:2 shows ἀνεπίληπτος ("irreproachable") instead of ἐπίληπτος ("convulsed, suffering"), συλλήμψῃ shows συλλαμβάνω instead of an invented entry, and ἀπροσωπολήμπτως now resolves; ἀσθενῶν in Isaiah 32:4 shows the adjective ἀσθενής ("of the weak") instead of the participle "being weak"; and στίβος and τοιαύτην now show a word class that matches their grammar analysis.Sep 19
All LanguagesAn empty collection you made shows on your shelf and in the "Add to collection" list.Sep 18
Ancient GreekMore words now show the right dictionary entry and definition: χρεοφειλέται ("debtors") now shows "debtor", and the same repair completed abbreviated cross-references across the dictionary, so 214 entries that showed no definition now have one, including dialect and spelling variants met in Herodotus and Homer; ἀνεκτότερον's flashcard shows "tolerable" instead of the scanning error "tolcrable", and 19 other scanning-error typos ("onesclf", "markct", "conscquence", "slecp", and others) are fixed the same way; ὄρη in a sentence such as Matthew 18:12 ("he leaves the ninety-nine on the mountains") shows ὄρος ("mountain") instead of ὄρον ("grape press"), matching what looking up ὄρη on its own already showed; ἦττον ("less") shows ἥσσων ("inferior, weaker") instead of ἔσθω ("to eat"); πριάμενον in Lysias shows πρίαμαι instead of ὠνέομαι, matching what other dictionaries give; παιδοφθορήσεις in the Didache shows a verb reading, future of παιδοφθορέω, labelled a headword guessed from the word's ending, instead of an unlabeled feminine noun with no definition; and ἄκραν in "ἐπὶ ἄκραν τινά" shows the noun ἄκρα ("headland") instead of the adjective ἄκρος.Sep 17
Old EnglishWord lookups and word panels show more accurate results: þǣre no longer offers "definition not found" as something you can pick; bēon in "he sees many bees" shows singular or plural instead of singular only; him shows one correct reading instead of four repeats of the same pronoun form; forhwām's definition reads "wherefore, why; who" instead of breaking on a stray period, and its word class no longer shows as "unknown"; and Word Form Analysis for bēon no longer opens with a blank "or:" line.Sep 17
All LanguagesOn a wide screen, the reader bar puts more space between the Kevilex logo and Back.Sep 16
Old EnglishChapter titles in the reader bar show macron capitals such as Ō in the Old English reading face, with the mark fully visible.Sep 16
All LanguagesWords you mark as Learning or Known are saved when you leave the page, including after a session where you marked many of them.Sep 16
Old EnglishMore words now show the right reading: contracted negative forms of wesan ("to be") such as nis show as the compound ne plus the matching verb form; For·hwām shows "wherefore, why" where it showed no definition at all; For·þām offers its "therefore" reading alongside "because"; dæġe drops the "female servant" reading its spelling rules out; and him drops "we" from its pronoun readings, with the same correction across every Old English personal pronoun.Sep 16
Ancient GreekMore words now show the right dictionary entry: ἐλῶμεν shows ἐλαύνω ("to drive"), and ἔθει in a clause with no other verb shows θέω ("to run fast") rather than ἔθος ("custom"); a spelling that no Greek word actually takes, such as ἐλαύσειν, shows "Definition not found" rather than an unrelated entry like ἐναύω ("kindle").Sep 15
Ancient GreekWord lookups show more accurate verb and noun readings, with correct dictionary labels for pronoun definitions.Sep 14
Old EnglishMacrons on capital letters in the word popup sit clearly above the letter instead of clipping against the title line.Sep 14
Sep 7 – 13, 2026
Old EnglishURL import in Old English study mode no longer fails with "No Greek text detected in the page" when the page holds valid Old English.Sep 13
Ancient GreekMore words now show the right dictionary entry and grammar: compound adjectives ending -πουν read as neuter, so τρίπουν, δίπουν, πολύπουν and ἀρτίπουν show that form, and some 160 other -πους compounds follow; κέκτημαι, κεκτήσομαι and κεκτῆσθαι show κτάομαι ("to acquire"), and καρῦξαι shows κηρύσσω ("to proclaim"), ὑποσταθμοῦ shows σταθμάω and ἐντραγεῖ shows τρώγω ("to gnaw"); a noun or adjective written with the wrong breathing mark now finds its word, so ἴππου shows ἵππος ("horse"), ἰεροῦ shows ἱερός ("sacred") and ἠλίω shows ἥλιος ("sun"); and ἐλεγεῖά shows ἐλεγεῖον ("elegiac poem").Sep 13
Old EnglishUntydras in Beowulf now shows untȳdre ("evil progeny, monster") instead of "firm, unbending".Sep 12
Ancient GreekLiddell-Scott-Jones definitions show separate senses, drop Latin-only asides, and replace broken harvest marks with an ellipsis.Sep 12
Ancient GreekDictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones show that name as their source.Sep 12
All LanguagesForm analysis for a proper noun uses the label proper noun.Sep 12
All LanguagesA text opens even when sign-in does not finish, including inside an ebook embed.Sep 12
All LanguagesA missing page now has a Back to Kevilex button that takes you home.Sep 12
Ancient GreekMore words now show the right dictionary entry and grammar: Doric and dialect forms such as λαψῇ (λαμβάνω, "to take"), πᾶξε (πήγνυμι, "to fix"), τὶν, νῶν, σκιρτασεῖτε, ἀφίκευσο, προΐητι, φασῶ, γενειάσδων, ἐνθὼν, ἦμεν, πόταγʼ and ὀνίαισι; crasis such as ὡξ, χὡκ, ὥλαφος and χὥδωνις; enclitic γα on τύγα and αὐτόγα; verbal adjectives such as συμβατόν and τευκτόν (τευκτός, "well-wrought"); an epic present command such as ἄνυε (ἀνύω, "to accomplish") also shows the unaugmented imperfect reading; and a second-aorist command such as λάβε also shows the unaugmented aorist reading.Sep 12
Ancient GreekThe Alexiad Preface now reads βιάζοιτο, ἀναγκαιοτάτους, and λόγου, and later books restore the same kind of broken letters.Sep 12
All LanguagesWord lookups keep working while dictionary updates are released.Sep 11
Ancient GreekMore words now show the right dictionary entry, grammar and definition: Ἐνωτίζεσθε shows ἐνωτίζομαι ("to give ear, hearken") instead of a word meaning "to turn one's back"; κλῇδας in Medea shows κλείς ("bar, bolt, key"); κατεξανιστάμενος in Plutarch shows κατεξανίστημι ("to rise up against") with a definition, instead of an invented headword; τευκτόν shows its own entry τευκτός ("well-wrought"); φύσης in Xenophon shows φῦσα ("bellows"), and φυσῶν shows φῦσα's own definition rather than another word's; ἐσώτερα shows ἐσώτερος ("inner") instead of a word meaning "withered"; the Doric forms νάσων, νᾶσον and λάθαν show νῆσος ("island") and λήθη ("forgetting"); αἴκα reads as the Doric conditional rather than a verb; δεδοίκαμες shows δείδω ("to fear") and ἀτύξαι shows ἀτύζομαι ("to be distraught"); καθίξῃ reads as a future; κατώτερα in Ephesians shows its comparative adjective form where it showed none; ἑσδώμεθα shows ἕζομαι ("to sit") as a present middle subjunctive; εὐδοκίας in Luke 2:14 reads as a genitive singular; προεῖσαι shows a participle of προΐημι ("to send forth") among its readings; and Doric first-person plurals ending -μες read across every tense rather than the present alone, with Doric σδ spellings such as ὄσδω ("to smell") and μελίσδω ("to sing") carrying a full form analysis.Sep 11
Ancient GreekMore words now show the right dictionary entry, grammar and definition: κατώτερα in "the lower parts of the earth" shows κατώτερος ("lower") instead of a word meaning "sea-monster"; ἀραία shows ἀραῖος ("accursed") instead of a word meaning "thin"; οἰστόν shows ὀϊστός ("arrow") instead of a word meaning "bearable"; πορφυροῖ shows πορφύρεος ("purple"), and contracted adjectives such as χρυσοῖ, ἀργυροῖ and χαλκοῖ follow; ψαύσεις shows ψαύω ("to touch") as a future rather than a noun; ἐπιδέσθαι shows ἐφοράω ("to look upon"), as do κατιδέσθαι, προϊδέσθαι and περιιδέσθαι for their own verbs; ἀνέρων shows ἀνήρ ("man") as a genitive plural; ἀφεῖσαι shows a participle of ἀφίημι ("to send forth"), and so do the matching forms of the other -ίημι compounds; μεθεῖ’ (μεθίημι, "to let go") reads as a second-person middle; ὤλεσθε (ὄλλυμι, "to perish") and προρρηθῇ (προερέω, "to state beforehand") show a form analysis where they showed none; παρεῖδον shows παροράω ("to overlook") instead of a noun; λίπα keeps its own part of speech; ναὸς after ὥστε shows ναῦς ("ship"); a word that appears in no dictionary is reported as not found instead of being shown as an invented entry; and about 1,460 entries that displayed a grammar label such as "nominative/vocative plural" in place of a meaning now show a real definition, among them ἰχθύς ("fish").Sep 10
All LanguagesImporting a longer text is more reliable and finishes faster, including texts that failed with the message "The language analysis service failed and this import was not saved."Sep 9
Ancient GreekMore words now show the right dictionary entry and grammar: Doric genitive plurals such as ἱκετᾶν (ἱκέτης, "suppliant"), πολιτᾶν (πολίτης, "citizen") and κριτᾶν (κριτής, "judge") read as genitive plurals rather than accusative singulars; ἐπιστρωφᾷ, τιμᾷ and ὁρᾷ show their second-person reading alongside the third-person one; a word shortened before a vowel finds its own verb, so ἐσπάρασσ’ shows σπαράσσω ("to tear") and ἔλεγ’ shows λέγω ("to say"); ἀπέρρεον shows ἀπορρέω ("to flow away"), κακισθῇς shows κακίζω ("to reproach"), ἀντήχησα shows ἀντηχέω ("to sound in answer"), ἑστίας shows ἑστία ("hearth") and μέτευξαι shows μετεύχομαι ("to change one's wish"); ἐπιρρυέντος and καταρρυέντος show ἐπιρρέω and καταρρέω ("to flow upon", "to flow down"); λέλεκται shows λέγω instead of a verb meaning "to lie down"; ὑπηρέτεις (ὑπηρετέω, "to serve") reads as an imperfect; παρηίδα shows παρηΐς ("cheek"); and ὀϊστός shows the diaeresis in its headword.Sep 9
All LanguagesWhen a flashcard form belongs to more than one dictionary word, the back shows a chip for each entry, and the definition matches the form analysis.Sep 8
All LanguagesOn the Search page, the Previous and Next buttons above and below the text and collection lists are easier to tap on a phone, keep keyboard focus when you reach the first or last page, and stay in place while the next page loads.Sep 8
Old EnglishMore verb forms now show the right dictionary entry: the contracted third-person forms of verbs whose stem ends in d, t or þ, about a hundred in all, among them bestant (bestandan, "to stand by, surround"), cwet (cweðan, "to say, speak"), bregt (bregdan, "to draw a sword"), behealt (behealdan, "to hold, observe"), forstant (forstandan, "to defend, understand"), bidt (biddan, "to ask, pray"), wiþstant (wiþstandan, "to resist") and ymbsnit (ymbsniþan, "to circumcise"); and the second-person neþst (neþan, "to dare, venture"), scriþst (scriþan, "to glide"), grædst, ongeotst, onlædst and ahyldst show their own verb instead of a similar-looking one.Sep 8
Ancient GreekMore words now show the right dictionary entry: λέων ("lion") shows its own entry instead of an unrelated word; ἀμφότερος ("both") and its forms no longer show an unrelated word among their readings; μακρᾱ́, σοφᾱ́, καλᾱ́ and πολλᾱ́ show the feminine adjective instead of a neuter plural, including in a negated sentence; capitalized names such as Καλλίας, Μένων, Ἀσπασία, Λάχης and Διοτίμα show the person's name instead of an unrelated common word, with the name's own grammar; ἔνιοι ("some") shows a form analysis where it showed none; and σιδωνίοις shows "of Sidon" instead of no definition.Sep 8
Ancient GreekWord lookups respond faster.Sep 7
Ancient GreekMore words now show the right dictionary entry and grammar: ἀληθές, σαφές and similar words show their ordinary neuter form instead of an unlikely form addressed to someone; ἦττων shows ἥσσων ("inferior, weaker") instead of the town Ἄσσος; Λυδίας and Ὀλυμπίας show the regions Λυδία and Ὀλυμπία, Φρυγίας shows "Phrygia" instead of an unrelated word, and Λυκίας shows its adjective; κλῦθι and κλῦτε show κλύω ("to hear") as a command; ἀνέστα, κατέστα and παρέστα show the aorist instead of a perfect, and ἔτλαν (τλάω, "to endure") shows the aorist instead of the imperfect; σιδωνίοις shows the adjective "Sidonian"; ἄρνα shows "lamb"; Ἁλληλουιά shows "hallelujah" instead of a bare "proper name" label; and μετρητὰς and μετρητήν show μετρητής ("measurer") instead of an adjective.Sep 7
Old EnglishMore words now show the right dictionary entry: āgylt in Matthew 6:4 reads as āġieldan ("to pay, repay, reward"), with "to sin" kept as an alternate reading; aliesedlice shows its own entry "freely" rather than the comparative ālīesedlīċra ("more freely"); and the given names Wēohstān, Wiglaf's father in Beowulf, and Eormenþryþ no longer carry a grammatical gender their own definition contradicts.Sep 7
Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
Ancient GreekMore words now show the right dictionary entry and grammar: ἐποίησας shows ποιέω ("to make, do") as a second-person aorist instead of an invented verb, and other augmented aorists such as ἤκουσαν and ἀπαντήσας keep their real verb; a noun or adjective after its article, such as τῶν ζῴων or τὴν ἀρχήν, shows its own dictionary word instead of an unrelated verb or a bare form entry; Doric spellings such as φᾶμαι (φήμη, "report, rumor") and ἀντάχησ’ (ἀντηχέω, "to sing in answer") find their Attic headword with the right form; capitalized names inside a sentence, among them Πέρσας, Ἀσίας and Πύρρα, show the name rather than a lowercase look-alike; δορί shows δόρυ ("spear") in the dative, γέλων shows γέλως ("laughter") in the accusative, γεγῶσαν shows γίγνομαι ("to be born") as a perfect participle, ἐπιποθίαν shows ἐπιποθία ("longing"), and ἄρνα shows ἀρήν ("lamb") in the accusative; forms such as τραπείς (τρέπω, "to turn"), μείνασ’ (μένω, "to stay") and ἀναλοῖς (ἀναλίσκω, "to spend") show a grammatical form the verb actually has; θανῇ reads as the future of θνῄσκω ("to die"); δαί shows its own entry ("what? how?") and κέαρ shows "heart"; μαλθακισθένθ’ and other words elided before a rough breathing resolve; πρόσαντες, δῖον and ἄμφωθεν show the right part of speech; and Homeric εἰμεν ("we are") shows εἰμί.Sep 6
All LanguagesA sheet or dialog opened from inside another one — the collection picker opened from a text's details sheet, or a sentence explanation opened over a word — dims the sheet behind it.Sep 6
Old EnglishMore words now show their degree, and which positive word a comparative or superlative belongs to: adverbs such as oftor, heardost, hraþor, swiþor and the whole -licor and -licost family carry a degree in the form analysis, about 78 forms in all; wiersa ("worse") shows yfel ("bad"), māra shows miċel, nīehst shows nēah and lǣssa shows lytel as the word they are formed from, about 47 forms; Scyldes in Beowulf shows the proper noun Sċyld, ancestor of the Danish royal line, instead of the unrelated feminine noun sċyld ("guilt, sin"); and eaþ ("easily"), aliesedlice and afandodlicra carry only their own degree, with a separate comparative reading shown on its own.Sep 6
Ancient GreekMore words now show the right dictionary entry and grammar: κότερον ("whether") and εὐνόεων (εὔνοος, "well-disposed") show their real headwords instead of a spelling with no entry behind it; μαρτύρων shows μάρτυς ("witness"), Συρηκούσας shows Συράκουσαι ("Syracuse"), and στέωμεν shows ἵστημι ("to set, stand") with their definitions; μιμνήσκω ("to remind, remember") is cited under one spelling across its forms; oblique forms of compounds ending in -πους, -οδους, -θριξ and -αναξ, such as τετανοτρίχων (τετανόθριξ, "with long straight hair"), now find their dictionary entry, and a compound that no dictionary has at all, such as σιδηρόδους ("iron-toothed"), is shown with a note that its headword is a guess from the word's ending; and future forms of verbs like ἵστημι and σκεδάννυμι, and the future perfect τετιμωρήσεαι, are recognized.Sep 5
All LanguagesThe study-language selector and the text and collection menus announce their name to screen readers, and close when you tap outside them or when the page scrolls.Sep 5
All LanguagesFixed long text imports and re-saves failing with the message "The language analysis service failed and this import was not saved."Sep 4
Old Englishmurgan, murgum, and murga, forms of myrġe ("merry, pleasant"), show their palatal dot, matching myrgan, myrgum, and myrga.Sep 4
Old EnglishMore word forms now show the right dictionary entry and grammar: present participles with case endings such as rīdendra and lufigendes show their verb instead of the noun ende ("end"); past participles in -es such as ġelufodes and ġebundenes resolve; preterites of geminate verbs such as ġecyste (ġecyssan, "to kiss") and ātealde (ātellan, "to count") show the right verb; ġerīst and its siblings read as 2nd or 3rd person singular; hwæs, hwes, and hwæne show the interrogative pronoun hwā rather than an unrelated adjective or adverb; þæne and þare show the demonstrative sē; þiosne and þeosse show þes with a part of speech; fierra shows feorr ("far") rather than fȳr ("fire"); yldestan shows eald ("old"); and sēlestena shows the adjective sēl ("good").Sep 4
Ancient GreekIonic spellings now show the right dictionary entry and grammar across a whole paradigm: τολμέουσι and the other ε-spelled forms of τολμάω ("to dare"), δυνέαται for δύναμαι ("to be able"), ἐτίθεα for τίθημι ("to put"), οὐνόματι for ὄνομα ("name"), and κ-spellings such as μήκοτε and ὁκότε, which show μήποτε and ὁπότε with their definitions.Sep 4
Ancient GreekEach reading-room picture credit starts with "Image credit:", and the Homeric room shows Odysseus bound to the mast while the Sirens sing.Sep 3
Old EnglishWords ending in -iġ spell their shortened stem with a plain g throughout, so hālgan and hālges match: about 880 forms of 110 words, among them hāliġ ("holy"), ēadiġ ("blessed"), mōdiġ ("proud") and ǣniġ ("any"), and merewērges in The Seafarer. The full forms hāliġes and hāliġne keep their dot.Sep 3
Ancient GreekMore words now show the right dictionary entry and grammar: poetic verb forms ending -μεσθ’, such as ἀπωλόμεσθ’ (ἀπόλλυμι, "to perish"), show a form analysis; place and people names in the genitive singular, among them Ἰταλίας, Ἀσίας, Μακεδονίας and Σικελίας, read as singular rather than plural, and τροίας shows Τροία ("Troy") instead of the unrelated verb τρέω; προὔχειν and προύχειν both read as προέχω ("to be ahead"), as do 143 similar entries; compound verbs keep their prefix, so διαπτάσθαι shows διαπέτομαι ("to fly through") and ἀποπτάσθαι no longer shows ἀποπτάω ("to roast"); μολούσῃ reads as βλώσκω ("to go") and has a definition; φαραὼ is Pharaoh, Δαυίδ is David, and Σαλωμών is Solomon; τρόχων shows τρόχος ("running course") rather than τροχός ("wheel"); μεσοῖ reads as the verb μεσόω ("to be in the middle") rather than the adjective μέσος; ἄμφω ("both") no longer carries the grammar of a verb; εὐνάταν shows the noun εὐνήτης ("bedmate, husband"); βίων shows βίος ("life") rather than βιός ("bow"), χαρίτων shows χάρις ("grace"), and δῖον shows the adjective δῖος ("divine"); Πέρσας keeps its plural reading; ὀνύματος shows ὄνομα ("name"); and about sixty words that resolved in only one spelling or one case, among them μάρτυς ("witness"), σβέννυμι ("to quench"), τέμνω ("to cut") and the Ionic forms of ζωή ("life") and Συράκουσαι, now resolve across their whole paradigm.Sep 3
Ancient GreekFixed imports of longer Ancient Greek texts failing with the message "The language analysis service failed and this import was not saved."Sep 2
Old EnglishAbout 1,000 word forms now show the palatalization dot their dictionary headword already carried, so a word's popup no longer spells the same word two ways; alternate readings are now spelled the same way as the main entry; and gebeorgan ("to protect"), bæc ("back"), blæc ("black"), regnscur ("rain shower"), ciriclic ("church, ecclesiastical") and several more headwords show the correct dots.Sep 2
Ancient GreekDialect and epic spellings now show the dictionary word they point to, instead of the pointer entry itself. κτέομαι shows κτάομαι, ξύμβουλος shows σύμβουλος, and κρατερός, πολλός, τάμνω, νύττω and Ἀΐδης do the same.Sep 2
Ancient GreekPerfect participles of compound verbs now find their verb. συγκεχειμασμένος reads as συγχειμάζω rather than the unrelated χειμάζω, and the participles of συγγνωρίζω, συγκλέπτω and ἐγκλίνω are recognized at all for the first time.Sep 2
Ancient Greekπρούχειν now reads as προέχω, "to be ahead", rather than προχέω, "to pour forth". προεσάξαντο now reads as προσάσσω, "store up in advance", rather than a different compound.Sep 2
Ancient GreekPlace and people names show their dictionary form. Ἰταλίας shows Ἰταλία rather than a dative, and Ἀγυλλαίοισι shows the singular Ἀγυλλαῖος rather than the plural.Sep 2
Ancient Greekμεγίστω no longer carries the grammar of a verb it is not. Neither do ἄμφω, Λητώ or παράδοξα.Sep 2
Ancient Greek29 words now show the gender Middle Liddell gives them, among them ἀρσενικόν, κόττος, ἄσταχυς and Ὄθρυς.Sep 2
Ancient GreekDefinitions no longer run source citations such as "Fr.anon." or "ad Il." together with the meaning. This clears the citation out of 321 entries.Sep 2
All LanguagesOn the home page, the "Ways to read an ancient language" comparison now reads as cards on a phone, and the menu no longer opens misaligned.Sep 1
Old EnglishHundreds of dictionary headwords now show the palatalization dots their own word forms already displayed, among them ġelīca ("the like, fellow"). Four words lose a dot they should never have carried: cēpan ("to keep"), blōdgian ("to make bloody"), bīcnian ("to indicate") and lagian ("to ordain by law"). Four more gain one that was missing: sċrenċan ("to trip up"), ġewasċan ("to wash"), ġehæġ ("enclosure") and ġeeġsian ("to frighten").Sep 1
Ancient GreekMore words now show the right dictionary entry and grammar: νόσφιν and similar entries now show the definition they point to instead of the pointer text; χειρός (χείρ, "hand") and χειριστής ("manager, administrator") no longer read as the superlative of κακός ("bad"); λαμβάνω's Koine spellings such as λήμψομαι and λήμψῃ now resolve correctly; μηλέων (μήλειος, "of sheep") and similar Ionic genitive plurals now read as the adjective rather than the noun; Herodotus's ἀπεργμένον and κατεργμένον now read as ἀπείργω and κατείργω ("to shut out", "to shut in"); ὑεῖς and ὑέας (υἱός, "son") no longer read as ὕω ("to rain"); the place name Ἰουδαίας ("of Judea") no longer reads as the unrelated Ἰουδαῖος ("a Jew"); ἀποδεχθέω and ἀποδεδεγμένος now cite their headword ἀποδείκνυμι; ἀνώγεον and ἀνώγαιον ("upper room") no longer show "prison"; and Herodotus's ἀπεψημένου ("having been boiled down") now reads as ἀφέψω instead of the unrelated ἀποψάω ("to wipe off").Sep 1
All LanguagesWords you mark just before you close the tab or switch away are saved.Aug 31
All LanguagesA personal definition you clear in the reader stays cleared.Aug 31
All LanguagesIf you get signed out while reading, a bar at the top of the reader tells you and offers Sign In and Sign Up.Aug 31
Old Englishāgen ("own") displays without a palatalization dot, and ġelīċ ("like"), ġeweġan ("to weigh"), ġeherġian ("to plunder"), ġeġearwian ("to prepare") and ġesċēadan ("to distinguish") now show the dot their root already carries. The adverb aġēn ("again") keeps its dot.Aug 31
Ancient GreekMore words now show the right dictionary entry and grammar: πάχος ("thickness") and similar abstract nouns built on an adjective stem now read as nouns; τε ("and, also") no longer shows the unrelated Doric word τέ; Κέρκυρα and ὀνάριον ("young donkey") now have a real definition instead of a bare citation, and a handful of entries that had only a bare citation, such as ἀγερωπεῖ, no longer show one; ἡμέραις and other forms of ἡμέρα ("day") no longer show the unrelated ἥμερος ("tame"); περίνεως and similar Attic-declension words now show both their singular and plural readings; and ἕως ("until") and ἐπειδή ("since") no longer show impossible noun grammar.Aug 31
Aug 24 – 30, 2026
Ancient GreekClicking a common Greek word in the reader, such as ἡ or καί, opens the dictionary popup faster.Aug 30
Old EnglishYou can save an edit to an Old English text you imported.Aug 30
Old EnglishMany word forms now show the right dictionary entry: comparatives and superlatives such as wiersa ("worse") and mǣst ("most") carry their own definition, the demonstrative se displays without a long vowel mark, and wurðað reads as "to honour" where the sentence calls for it.Aug 30
Ancient GreekMore words show the right dictionary entry and grammar: adjectives such as ζηλωτός ("enviable"), ἄμουσος ("without taste") and δείλαιος ("wretched") are labelled adjective rather than noun; action nouns such as δηγμός ("bite"), ὀδυρμός ("lamentation") and οἰκτιρμός ("pity") read as nouns in Form Analysis, matching their dictionary line; the Sicilian place name Ἴνυκα reads as accusative singular; the knocking sound τὺπ τὺπ τύπ in LGPSI now has an entry instead of an empty popup; a line of LGPSI that read ᾤα ("sheepskin") where it means ᾠά ("eggs") is corrected; and nearly 900 definitions no longer carry stray source citations from the printed lexicon, among them σάν, the Doric name of the letter sigma, which now gives the letter's meaning.Aug 30
All LanguagesOn a wide screen, the word of the day on the dashboard sits level with the Today date heading.Aug 29
All LanguagesCompound and Crasis cards keep each part's gloss to two lines.Aug 29
All LanguagesThe "You are not signed in" banner no longer appears on the homepage or the pages for educators and Biblical Greek readers; it still appears on other pages while you are signed out.Aug 29
Old EnglishWord readings are more accurate: forms such as hāten (hātan, "to call") and ābedecod (ābedecian, "to beg for") read as past participles, participles show their tense as "preterite", and inflected forms of comparatives and superlatives such as māre (māra, "greater") and beteran (betera, "better") read as comparative or superlative.Aug 29
Old EnglishThe definition shown matches how the word is used in the sentence: hund reads as "hundred" after a number, as in syx hund ("six hundred"), and ān leads with the numeral "one".Aug 29
Ancient GreekMore words now show the right dictionary entry and grammar, including pairs that differ only by accent, such as προσφέρει (προσφέρω, "to bring to") and προσφερεῖ (προσφερής, "resembling"), and μονήν (μονή, "a staying") beside μόνην (μόνος, "alone"); the Ionic κῶς ("how?"), which was showing another word's definition; σάν, the name of the Greek letter; οὐλὰς and οὐλῇσι (οὐλαί, the barley-corns sprinkled on a sacrifice); ἀπελλῆς (Ἀπελλῆς, "Apelles"); οἳ (ὅς, "who"), which shares a spelling with the article; ἱνατί and διατί, which read as the adverb "why?" with a Compound chip for ἵνα + τί and διά + τί; derived adverbs such as δήλως (δῆλος, "visible"), which show the adjective on the dictionary line and "adverb" in Form Analysis; verb forms whose grammar was impossible for their word, such as τῖσαι (τίνω, "to pay a penalty"), ἔατε and ἔσσῃ (εἰμί, "to be"); and agent nouns that share a spelling with a related adjective, such as γλύπτης ("a sculptor"), δέκτης ("a beggar") and καύστης ("a stoker") — and verb forms such as εἶπεν (λέγω, "to say") now show another grammar reading of the same word in the popup; and words written with an apostrophe in front of them in poetry, such as ʼστιν (εἰμί, "to be") and ʼγαθέ (ἀγαθός, "good"), show the right dictionary entry.Aug 29
Ancient GreekAn apostrophe written in front of a word in poetry, as in μὴ ʼμοί, stays attached to that word, including when the line wraps.Aug 29
All LanguagesThe feedback button no longer covers an open sheet or dialog, so a tap near the bottom-right corner reaches the word popup, the signup reminder, or the menu you are using.Aug 28
Old EnglishVerb readings are more complete: past participles such as hāten (hātan, "to call") and oferdrifen (oferdrīfan, "to overcome") now appear among a word's readings, mood is shown consistently so helpaþ (helpan, "to help") reads as "present, indicative, plural" and wǣren (wesan, "to be") as subjunctive, hātte reads as passive ("is called"), and magan ("to be able") no longer carries a palatalization dot.Aug 28
Old EnglishWords with more than one dictionary sense now show every sense, so hund gives "hundred" as well as "dog"; māre (miċel, "great") reads as the comparative "more" instead of an unrelated noun, ongon reads as onginnan ("to begin"), and a word's definition list leads with its main sense.Aug 28
Ancient GreekMore words now show the right dictionary entry and grammar, including single-rho spellings such as ἄραφος (ἄρραφος, "without a seam"), words whose Wiktionary entry only pointed to a synonym, such as ἑλκύω ("to drag"), Koine αυ-spellings of ἐρευνάω ("to search") such as ἐραυνάω and Ἐραυνᾶτε, ἱνατί ("why"), the Ionic perfect form ἀραιρημένα of αἱρέω ("to take") and its compounds, εἰμί's ("to be") Ionic past-tense forms ἔας and ἔαμεν, ἐπιπολῆς ("on the surface"), and ἐλαύνω's ("to drive") future tense ἐλᾷς; and about a thousand more words now show a dictionary definition instead of none, including ἀπολιμπάνω ("to leave behind"), συναρμόζω ("to fit together") and ἀνέκαθεν ("from above"), along with place and people names such as Κόλχος.Aug 28
All LanguagesImporting a text is more reliable: long pastes no longer fail partway through, a failed import tells you nothing was saved so you can try again, and an import that was cut off no longer leaves an empty text in your library.Aug 27
Ancient GreekMore forms in Herodotus now show the right dictionary entry and grammar, including genitives of names such as Χίλων and Φλέγων, the adjectives ἑκών ("willing") and ἄκων ("unwilling"), Ionic past-tense forms such as ἐδυνέατο ("they could"), and the place name Πυθώ; words with more than one dictionary entry, such as ἀξιόθεος ("worthy of God"), now show the main sense instead of a rarer idiom; words that could be read as either a noun or a verb, such as ἐλέγξει (ἐλέγχω, "to refute"), now show the verb reading; place names that exist only in the plural, such as Θερμοπύλαι and Ἀχαρναί, now show the right form; στῆτε ("stand!") now reads as a command when it appears in a sentence; more words, including ὑπώρεια ("the foot of a mountain"), now have a definition instead of none; and dictionary definitions no longer contain stray fragments left over from other alphabets.Aug 27
All LanguagesThe weekly progress email now matches what you read: it is titled "Your week of reading", an all-Old-English week is greeted with "Wes hāl!" instead of Greek, and the recommended collection is always in a language you read.Aug 26
All LanguagesScreen readers announce the "Add to Collection" and "Add Texts" pickers as dialogs, and keyboard focus stays inside the "Add Texts" picker and the reader's style settings while they are open.Aug 26
All LanguagesThe reader's page-turn buttons keep keyboard focus when you reach the first or last page, and they are easier to tap on a phone.Aug 26
Old EnglishVerb tense readings are more accurate: wurde (weorþan, "to become") now reads as preterite rather than present, and the inflected infinitive tō oferflōwenne (oferflowan, "to overflow") no longer reads as preterite.Aug 26
Ancient GreekInfinitives after verbs of wishing such as ἐθέλω ("to wish"), dative plurals such as Πελοποννησίοις, and place names such as Ταριχείας now show the right dictionary entry and grammar.Aug 26
All LanguagesWhen you finish the daily tasks, the Today card shows "Done for today" on the date row and the word of the day spans the full card.Aug 25
Old EnglishVerb forms now show their mood where the dictionary records it, so wite (witan, "to know") reads as "present, subjunctive, singular"; and words whose spelling covers two different dictionary entries, such as ece and æþryt, no longer show a long-vowel mark that belongs to only one of them.Aug 25
Ancient GreekMore Ionic forms in Herodotus now show the right dictionary entry and grammar, including participles of ἔθω ("to be accustomed") and ἐμπίπλημι ("to fill"), and names such as Σαμοθρᾴκη.Aug 25
All LanguagesThe "Flashcards by text" list and its "All texts" page show only texts in your active study language.Aug 24
Old EnglishWord grammar readings are more consistent: verb forms that can be either first or third person, such as wæs (wesan, "to be"), now show a single "1st (or 3rd) singular" reading, the same way mihte (magan, "to be able") already did, instead of listing the two persons as separate readings; forms such as nime (niman, "to take") and wurde (weorþan, "to become") no longer name a person, since the Old English subjunctive singular is the same for all three; and a word no longer shows the same reading twice.Aug 24
Aug 17 – 23, 2026
All LanguagesReviewing a text's flashcards now works even when the text is not in your selected study language, and a word that a text spells in more than one way no longer appears twice in one session.Aug 23
Old EnglishVerb forms that are the same in more than one person, such as mihte (magan, "to be able"), hēt (hātan, "to command"), and arn (irnan, "to run"), now show both possible persons ("1st (or 3rd) singular") instead of picking one arbitrarily; and variant spellings of a word's dictionary form, such as ald ("old"), dyrne ("secret"), and cearleas ("careless"), now show the same grammar reading as the standard spelling instead of none at all.Aug 23
All LanguagesThe word of the day is now always a word you are not already learning, so "Add to flashcards" adds it, and its grammar line and dictionary entry match the word shown.Aug 23
Ancient GreekMany more word forms now show the right dictionary entry and grammar: look-alike forms that could belong to either a noun or a verb, such as ἀγαπᾷς (ἀγαπάω, "you love"), γνώσῃ (γιγνώσκω, "you will know") and στῆτε (ἵστημι, "stand!"), now show the right word with its grammar instead of a rarer, unrelated one; verbs of the ἱκνέομαι family, such as ἐφικνέομαι ("to reach") and καθικνέομαι ("to reach down to"), now read as past rather than present in forms such as ἐφικέσθαι; entries no longer show a bare grammar description (like "masculine accusative singular") in place of a meaning for words such as ἐναντίον ("opposite, facing"), ἱερόν ("a sacrificial offering") and φυτόν ("plant, tree"); and Ionic forms in Herodotus now show the reading that fits the sentence.Aug 23
Ancient GreekTens of thousands of nouns now show the correct grammatical gender instead of defaulting to masculine, and dictionary definitions no longer show stray fragments like "B b" or "A a"; σελευκίδα in Basil now also reads correctly as feminine when looked up on its own, not only in its sentence.Aug 23
Old EnglishWord grammar readings are more accurate: variant spellings such as ald ("old"), dyrne ("secret"), and abbud ("abbot") no longer show a grammar line that gives a spelling or dialect label instead of a grammatical form, and plural verbs such as begnornodon ("they mourned") and sint ("are") no longer claim a first or third person, which Old English plural endings do not mark.Aug 22
Ancient GreekMany more word forms now show the right dictionary entry and grammar: words whose entry is written with a vowel-length mark, such as ὑψόθι ("aloft, on high") and αὐτίκα ("at once"), now show a meaning instead of nothing; compound verbs keep their prefix, so παρακελεύειν reads παρακελεύομαι ("to urge on") rather than the simple verb, along with 190 other forms; a noun directly after "the" is no longer read as a form of address, so σελευκίδα in Basil reads as the bird σελευκίς rather than a personal name; accent now separates look-alike forms such as δράμῃ and δραμῇ (τρέχω, "to run"); elided words in Homer such as σχέτλι᾽ ("wretch!") and κάλλιφ᾽ (καταλείπω, "to leave behind") now show the right form; and definitions from the STEP Bible dictionary no longer run on into the following entry.Aug 22
Old EnglishMore words now show their dictionary entry and grammar: hēdærn ("storehouse") and its spelling family, past-plural verb forms such as þiġeden (þicgan, "to receive") and bodadon (bodian, "to proclaim"), which also read as plurals, and verbs written with the prefix on-, such as onġeocaþ (ungeocian, "to unyoke").Aug 21
Ancient GreekMany more word forms now show the right dictionary entry and grammar across Herodotus, Homer, and the New Testament: ἄειδε at the opening of the Iliad now reads as a command ("sing!") instead of a past-tense verb; δεόμενος in Romans now reads "to ask, pray" rather than "to bind"; forms of κάθημαι ("to sit") and its compounds, such as περικατημένῳ, now show their own entry instead of an unrelated word; subjunctive forms of δίδωμι ("to give") and ἵστημι ("to stand"), such as διδῷ, are no longer read as a different mood; perfect participles such as τεθνεός ("dead") now show the right gender; and many further verb, noun, and participle forms that showed the wrong reading, or no reading at all, now resolve correctly.Aug 21
Ancient GreekMore words now show the right dictionary entry and grammar: forms of verbs beginning with ῥ, such as ῥύσασθαι (ῥύομαι, "to rescue"), ῥάψαι (ῥάπτω, "to sew"), and ῥοφῆσαι (ῥοφέω, "to gulp down"), now show their own entry and tense; nouns ending in -ώ, such as ἠχώ ("echo"), φειδώ ("thrift"), and εὐεστώ ("well-being"), now show the right case and number; δέομαι reads "to pray" rather than "to bind"; ἀνάγαιον ("upper room"), προμαντεία ("the right to consult the oracle first"), and ὑποκρητηρίδιον ("a stand for a mixing-bowl") now show a meaning; and ἐπεποίθεε (πείθω, "to trust") now shows its reading.Aug 20
Old EnglishMore words in the reader now show the right dictionary entry. Compounds spelled with a variant of their first part, such as nēdþearf and worldrīce, now resolve. So do compounds written with a linking vowel, such as rōdetācne. Prefixed verbs such as wiðmynte and ūtsent now show a verb reading instead of nothing, and ætflēogan ("fly away") no longer shows as the noun "a fly".Aug 19
Ancient GreekMore words now show the right dictionary entry and grammar: κατελθόντων and its compound-verb siblings (from ἔρχομαι, "to come, go", and βαίνω, "to walk, step") now read as a participle instead of a command; epic and Ionic pluperfect forms such as ὀπώπεε (ὁράω, "to see") now show their reading; νόος ("mind") forms like νῷ and νῶν no longer fall back to ναός ("temple"); and names such as Ἀρέτας, Ἰούδας, Ἀγρίππας, and Καϊάφας now show their entry and grammar instead of an unrelated word.Aug 19
All LanguagesTexts you already know in full no longer sit at the top of "Recommended to Study", and the known-word counts on text cards now match what the reader shows.Aug 18
All LanguagesChanging a word's status now applies to every accent and capitalization variant of that word, and the change holds after a reload.Aug 18
Old EnglishAround 800 more dictionary headwords now show their pronunciation dots, so undergietan ("to understand, perceive") reads underġietan, gebeorgan ("to save, protect") reads ġebeorġan, and adrencan ("to drown") reads ādrenċan.Aug 18
All LanguagesMarking a word's status, or saving a personal definition for it, now updates every accent variant of that word on the page straight away, such as the pair Ἑλλάς and Ἑλλὰς.Aug 18
All LanguagesClicking a word now highlights every accent variant of it on the page, so a word spelled two ways no longer looks half-selected.Aug 18
Ancient GreekMore words now show the right dictionary entry: words shortened before a vowel read the same whichever apostrophe an edition uses, so ἔπε' reads ἔπος ("word, speech") in every spelling, the compounds σύλλεκτρος ("partner of the bed") and πάραλος ("of the coast") no longer fall back to a shorter unrelated word, the dual pronouns νώ ("we two") and σφώ ("you two") show their own entry, flashcards for adverbs such as ὄντως ("really") no longer read as nouns, and the subjunctives φανῶσι and χαρῇ, from φαίνω ("to appear") and χαίρω ("to rejoice"), show the right voice.Aug 18
Old EnglishWords built with a prefix, such as undergeat ("to understand, perceive"), ofgeat ("to soak"), and þurhgeat ("to pour through"), now show a verb grammar reading instead of an unrelated noun reading, and several more words now show their grammar reading for the first time, including forlǣton ("to abandon"), þigeð ("to receive"), ongan ("to begin"), and lǣranne ("to teach").Aug 17
Old Englisheallunge ("entirely") now shows "adverb" instead of "unknown", and yflan ("evil"), micclan ("great"), slepte and onslēpte ("to fall asleep"), and milðeortnysse ("mercy") now resolve instead of showing nothing.Aug 17
Old EnglishCommands such as onbēodan ("to command") and onblāwan ("to blow into") no longer show an impossible past-tense reading of a command.Aug 17
Ancient GreekMore words now show the right dictionary entry: ἀγαθή ("good") and μαλακά ("soft") are no longer read as women's names, θείας reads θεῖος ("divine") rather than θεία ("aunt"), ἄρσεσιν reads ἄρσην ("male") rather than ἄρσις ("raising"), Ἰησοῖ reads Ἰησοῦς ("Joshua") rather than a verb meaning "to warm", the dual pronouns σφῷν ("of them two") and νῷν ("of us two") now show a full entry, χαρίζει ("to do a favor") no longer reads as an active verb, δηλήσι ("harm") no longer reads as an unrelated word, and ἤ ("or") and μενεαίνω ("to rage") now show meanings their entries were missing.Aug 17
Ancient GreekMany word forms that found their entry but showed no grammar at all now show their reading, including shortened forms written with an apostrophe such as ἤγαγ' ("to lead"), ἐγένετ' ("to become"), and ἔδραμ' ("to run"), the case forms of γναφεύς ("a fuller"), and perfect-tense forms such as εὑρήκοι (εὑρίσκω, "to find"); ἀπίκατο ("to arrive") now reads as a plural; shortened forms also now show their reading when the apostrophe lands elsewhere in the sentence rather than attached to the clicked word; and adverbs such as ἐπιστρεφέως ("attentively") now show "adverb" instead of no part of speech at all.Aug 17
