I’ve been using William Whitaker’s Words programm as a replacement for a traditional Latin/English dictionary.

• William Whitaker’s Words Official Site
• EN Wikipedia Article on William Whitaker’s Words
• LA Vicipaedia
  • Ex Articulo

Exempli gratia, data verbi Latini forma amabantur, Words hanc rationem agit ut translationem rectam reddeat:

amabantur = am + a + ba + nt + ur, ubi:

am = amo, amare, amavi, amatus
a = vocalis quae modum indicativum notat
ba = tempus imperfectum notat
nt = numerum pluralem et tertiam personam notat
ur = vocem passivam notat

Ita amabantur est forma passiva, tertiae personae, pluralis, imperfecta, indicativa verbi amare.

I have not found a Whitaker’s Words package on Debian or Ubuntu, so I looked into compiling it. That led me to consider translating the Ada code into Lisp. That led to come comparison articles on Ada & Lisp.

• Lisp on one hand, Ada on the other
  • Apples & Shoes (Not comparable, since are used for different purposes)
• ACM Comparison Study