Goldnerbaum

Classical languages & independent software

Ancient texts.
Clearer thinking.

I study classical languages and build tools for close reading. This is the home of STOA, my reading and annotation workspace, and my ongoing reconstruction of the LSJ Greek lexicon.

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Greek words. Considered pages. Tools made useful.

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CLASSICAL LANGUAGES. STRUCTURED KNOWLEDGE.Built with care, word by word.
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01 / Reading & typesetting

Working local version

STOA

A workspace for words.
Built for close reading.

STOA is my workspace for reading, annotating, and typesetting classical texts. It brings original texts, word glosses, dictionary forms, and editable annotations into a considered page layout.

The screenshots below show STOA 5.9.7 running locally in its web interface, with the bundled Ancient Greek sample from Aristotle’s Politics I.2 and an actual PDF export.

Ask me about STOA
01

Annotate at the word level

Work with tokens, dictionary forms, morphology, and syntax in editable, structured records.

02

Keep the lexicon close

Connect close reading with dictionary lookup and linguistic metadata.

03

Edit with precision

Review and refine linguistic analysis while retaining control of the final annotation.

04

Take your work onto the page

Create clear, publication-quality output for teaching, study, and scholarly work.

The reading workspace

STOA 5.9.7 · Local web build
The real STOA workspace, showing Aristotle’s Greek text beside an interlinear composition with English glosses, lemmas, and morphology. View full resolution
Original text and a live interlinear composition in one workspace. This is an excerpt of the first page of the bundled sample.

Edit a word in context

Actual token editor
STOA with the Greek word πολιτικὸν selected, exposing its English gloss political, lemma πολιτικός, part of speech, and morphology in the editor. View full resolution
Selecting πολιτικὸν reveals its stored gloss, dictionary form, part of speech, and morphology for editing.

The composition and the selected word stay together, so an editorial decision can be checked against its place in the text.

From workspace to page

Genuine PDF export
Page one of the PDF exported by STOA, with polytonic Greek, interlinear English glosses, dictionary forms, morphology, and a document footer. View full resolution
Page 1 of a four-page PDF exported from the same sample. This capture shows word glosses; the full translations are on a later page.

Captured from the working application on 15 October 2026. Sample annotations are shown as stored in the project.

02 / Lexicography & structure

Reconstruction in progress

LSJ, reconsidered.

A great reference.
A clearer path through it.

I am restructuring the Liddell–Scott–Jones Greek–English Lexicon for learners and close readers of Ancient Greek. The project is actively in progress, with a focus on clearer sense hierarchies, readable examples, translations, and consistent typography.

My aim is to make a demanding reference work easier to use while keeping the source material and editorial additions distinguishable.

Discuss the lexicon project
01

Understand the sense hierarchy

Make the relationship between major meanings and sub-senses easier to follow.

02

Read examples in context

Present examples, translations, and citations with a consistent visual structure.

03

Keep editorial choices visible

Distinguish the original lexicographic material from explanations added for the learner.

Inside the reconstruction

One entry, viewed closely.

ἀγαθός · Edited preview awaiting review

The actual reconstructed ἀγαθός entry, showing nested senses, grammar, editorial learning keys, a word-family panel, and the LSJ sense tree. View full resolution
The real entry viewer, showing the sense hierarchy and editorial reading aids. The reconstruction and review are ongoing.
The expanded well-born, gentle sense of ἀγαθός, with Greek quotations, highlighted forms, supplementary English translations, source citations, and a synchronized sense tree. View full resolution
Sense A.I.1, “well-born, gentle”: Greek examples with citations and existing supplementary English translations added in the reconstruction.

Captured on 15 October 2026. Learning keys, word-family commentary, and supplementary translations are editorial additions, distinct from the original LSJ material. This entry is a preview, not a completed edition.

03 / Behind the tree

Old texts.
New tools. A closer look.

I study classical languages and build software to support careful reading. My work moves between Greek words, the shape of a page, and the practical details of making a tool useful.

STOA and the LSJ reconstruction grow from the same question: how can difficult texts become more approachable without losing their depth?

01 / Inspect

See the analysis

Linguistic decisions should be open to inspection, correction, and discussion.

02 / Refine

Keep editorial control

AI can help with repetitive work. The reader or editor decides what belongs in the final record.

03 / Reuse

Work with structured data

Useful scholarship should travel beyond one screen, into study materials, reference works, and publications.

Let’s talk

Words, tools,
and shared curiosity.

Get in touch about STOA, the LSJ reconstruction, or the practice of close reading.

aurelius@goldnerbaum.com

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