Latin For The Illiterati

Author : Jon R. Stone
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135961956
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book More Latin for the Illiterati written by Jon R. Stone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientia est potentia (knowledge is power)! More Latin for the Illiterati demystifies the terminology of modern courtrooms and hospitals, untangles some of the most complex and unforgiving examples of Latin abbreviation, and allows readers to explore the classical roots of law, medicine and the ministry. This new collection contains nearly 5000 entries devoted to law, medicine and religion, and includes phrases like:jus sibi dicere-- to take the law into one's own hands hircosus-- smelling like a goat opprobrium medicum [the reproach of physicians]--an incurable disease ita et viri debent diligere uxores ut corpora sua--so men ought to love their wives as their own bodies [Ephesians 5:28] ludere cum sacris--to trifle with sacred things amicus curiae--a friend of the court Practicing or aspiring doctors, lawyers or ministers, language-lovers, students of literature--and anybody who loved Latin for the Illiterati, will want More... This collection also makes an ideal gift. Praise for the first Illiterati collection: If you're a student trying to improve your vocabulary, this is a great book... For those who have forgotten their three years of parochial-school Latin, this is really great book. --Publisher's Weekly A ready-reference dream come true...--American Libraries Also of interest: Latin for the Illiterati: Exorcizing the Ghosts of a Dead

Author : Jon R. Stone
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135881006
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Latin for the Illiterati written by Jon R. Stone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised and updated edition includes a brand new foreword by Richard LaFleur and more than fifteen hundred new entries and abbreviations. Organized alphabetically within the categories of verba (common words and expressions), dicta (common phrases and familiar sayings), and abbreviations, this practical and helpful reference guide is a comprehensive compendium of more than 7,000 Latin words, expressions, phrases, and sayings taken from the world of art, music, law, philosophy, theology, medicine and the theatre, as well as witty remarks and sage advice from ancient writers such as Virgil, Ovid, Cicero, and more.

Author : Jon R. Stone
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135881103
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Dictionary of Latin Quotations written by Jon R. Stone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Dictionary of Latin Quotations completes our enormously successful and award-winning Latin for the Illiterati series of volumes, rounding off the trilogy with a comprehensive treasury of classic Latin quotations, mottoes, proverbs, and maxims collected from the worlds of philosophy, rhetoric, politics, science, religion, literature, drama, poetics, and war.Distinguished by the combination of user-friendliness and comprehensiveness, this book will provide students, scholars, and general readers with an eminently browsable resource that is as useful as it is enjoyable.

Author : Jon R. Stone
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135961964
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book More Latin for the Illiterati written by Jon R. Stone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book demystifies the terminology of modern courtrooms and hospitals, untangles some of the most complex examples of Latin abbreviation, and allows readers to explore the classical roots of law, medicine and the ministry.

Author : James Clackson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444343378
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Companion to the Latin Language written by James Clackson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-07-28 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to the Latin Language presents a collection of original essays from international scholars that track the development and use of the Latin language from its origins to its modern day usage. Brings together contributions from internationally renowned classicists, linguists and Latin language specialists Offers, in a single volume, a detailed account of different literary registers of the Latin language Explores the social and political contexts of Latin Includes new accounts of the Latin language in light of modern linguistic theory Supplemented with illustrations covering the development of the Latin alphabet

Author : Charles Hall Grandgent
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
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Download or read book An Introduction to Vulgar Latin written by Charles Hall Grandgent and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Waldo Earle Sweet
Publisher : Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780865163041
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Artes Latinae written by Waldo Earle Sweet and published by Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. This book was released on 1966 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Françoise Waquet
Publisher : Verso
ISBN 13 : 9781859846155
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Latin, Or, The Empire of the Sign written by Françoise Waquet and published by Verso. This book was released on 2001 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Latin: A Symbol's Empire is a work of reference and a piece of cultural history: the story of a language that became a symbol with its own, highly significant empire."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Alger Nicolaus Doane
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 9780299130947
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vox Intexta written by Alger Nicolaus Doane and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses the questions of how medieval textuality intersected with language production that was, or pretended to be, oral, and whether postmodern notions of textuality can deal adequately with the subject. The 13 essays were presented to an April 1988 conference in Madison, Wisconsin. Paper edition (unseen), $23.50. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Jon R. Stone
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415917742
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Latin for the Illiterati written by Jon R. Stone and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1996-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists the English equivalent for common Latin verbs, expressions, phrases, and familiar sayings