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Konstantinas Sirvydas | |
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| Born | c. 1579 |
| Died | August 23, 1631 |
| Nationality | Lithuanian |
| Occupation(s) | Religious preacher, lexicographer, professor |
| Notable work | Dictionarium Trium Lingvarum in usum Studiosæ Iuventutis, the first dictionary of the Lithuanian language |
Konstantinas Sirvydas (rarely referred as Konstantinas Širvydas;[1] Latin: Constantinus Szyrwid; Polish: Konstanty Szyrwid; c. 1579 – August 23, 1631) was a Lithuanian[2] religious preacher, lexicographer, and one of the pioneers of Lithuanian literature[3] from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, at the time a confederal part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.[4] He was a Jesuit priest, a professor at the Academia Vilnensis, and the author of, among other works, the first grammar of the Lithuanian language and the first trilingual dictionary in Lithuanian, Latin, and Polish (1619). Famous for his eloquence, Sirvydas spent 10 years of his life preaching sermons at St. Johns' Church in Vilnius (twice a day – once in Lithuanian and once in Polish).[5]
- ^ Zinkevičius, Zigmas (1981). "Sirvydas ar Širvydas?". Baltistica. 17 (1): 28–47.
- ^ "SZYRWID KONSTANTY". PWN Encyclopedia (in Polish). Warsaw: PWN. 2005. Archived from the original on 2005-09-12.
- ^ Tomas Venclova (2001). Eseje (Essays) (in Polish). Sejny: Pogranicze. pp. 336 (2). ISBN 83-86872-25-X. Archived from the original on 2008-06-15.
- ^ Note that in 16th and 17th centuries the idea of national identity did not yet exist in its modern sense and Szyrwid is referred to either as a Pole or Lithuanian; as in: Małgorzata Kowalewska. "Academy of Vilnius" (PDF). Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Polskie Towarzystwo Tomasza z Akwinu. Retrieved 2006-06-28.
- ^ Venclova, Tomas (2006). Vilniaus Vardai. Vilnius: R. Paknio leidykla. p. 78. ISBN 9986-830-96-6.