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.
Download or read book Dictionary of Latin Literature written by James H Mantinband and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the essential works of Latin literary masters with this A-to-Z reference guide spanning from ancient Rome to the Renaissance. In Dictionary of Latin Literature, classics scholar and translator James H. Mantinband provides students and curious readers with an authoritative, accessible, and wide-ranging reference book. It includes detailed entries on significant works and authors as well as important terms and concepts. Covering the history of Latin literature from the early Roman Republic to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, this single volume offers a treasure trove of fascinating information.
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
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Latin American Literature and Theater written by Richard Young and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2010-12-18 with total page 749 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Historical Dictionary of Latin American Literature and Theater provides users with an accessible single-volume reference tool covering Portuguese-speaking Brazil and the 16 Spanish-speaking countries of continental Latin America (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela). Entries for authors, ranging from the early colonial period to the present, give succinct biographical data and an account of the author's literary production, with particular attention to their most prominent works and where they belong in literary history. The introduction provides a review of Latin American literature and theater as a whole while separate dictionary entries for each country offer insight into the history of national literatures. Entries for literary terms, movements, and genres serve to complement these commentaries, and an extensive bibliography points the way for further reading. The comprehensive view and detailed information obtained from all these elements will make this book of use to the general-interest reader, Latin American studies students, and the academic specialist.
Download or read book Dictionary of Latin American Cultural Studies written by Robert McKee Irwin and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A reference work containing 54 entries defining and explaining generally accepted cultural studies terms as well as those specific to the study of Latin American culture"--
Download or read book The Oxford Latin Minidictionary written by James Morwood and published by Oxford University. This book was released on 1995 with total page 693 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive: over 60,000 entries provide the user with full coverage of the core vocabularies of Latin and English. Grammar guidance: full grammatical information about each Latin word and details of conugation for Latin verbs. Extra help: clear signposting of differences in meaning, style, and context in cases of ambiguity. Pronunciation: Comprehensive marking of vowel length as a guide to classical Latin pronunciation. Additional information: appendices of historical and mythological names, geographical locations, and notes showing their significance.
Download or read book A Handbook of Latin Literature written by Herbert Jennings Rose and published by Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook is a study of Latin literature, including not only the classical and post-classical pagan authors, but also a representative selection of the Christian writers down to the death of St. Augustine.
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Download or read book A copious and critical english latin dictionary written by William Smith and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-02-21 with total page 1030 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Download or read book A Companion to Latin Literature written by Stephen Harrison and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to Latin Literature gives an authoritativeaccount of Latin literature from its beginnings in the thirdcentury BC through to the end of the second century AD. Provides expert overview of the main periods of Latin literaryhistory, major genres, and key themes Covers all the major Latin works of prose and poetry, fromEnnius to Augustine, including Lucretius, Cicero, Catullus, Livy,Vergil, Seneca, and Apuleius Includes invaluable reference material – dictionaryentries on authors, chronological chart of political and literaryhistory, and an annotated bibliography Serves as both a discursive literary history and a generalreference book
Download or read book Harpers Latin Dictionary written by Ethan Allen Andrews and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 2042 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Dictionary of Latin Words and Phrases written by James Morwood and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative and highly browsable guide provides an enlightening account of the meaning and history of Latin words and phrases that have entered the English language. Readers will find over 1000 phrases, sayings, mottoes, and proverbs, translated with examples of usage and fascinating citations and explanations of their first occurrence. A detailed A-Z appendix lists all Latin authors from Augustine to Virgil, together with details of their life and work. A thematic index offers immediate access to the maxims and phrases relating to such topics as death, betrayal, gossip, love, and money. A Dictionary of Latin Words and Phrases will be an entertaining and instructive source of information for word lovers of all varieties, from the crossword aficionado to speech-writers, historians, literature buffs, the savvy general reader, and anyone properly curious about Latin's influence on English.
Download or read book The Languages of the World written by Kenneth Katzner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This third edition of Kenneth Katzner's best-selling guide to languages is essential reading for language enthusiasts everywhere. Written with the non-specialist in mind, its user-friendly style and layout, delightful original passages, and exotic scripts, will continue to fascinate the reader. This new edition has been thoroughly revised to include more languages, more countries, and up-to-date data on populations. Features include: *information on nearly 600 languages *individual descriptions of 200 languages, with sample passages and English translations *concise notes on where each language is spoken, its history, alphabet and pronunciation *coverage of every country in the world, its main language and speaker numbers *an introduction to language families
Download or read book Dictionary of Latin American Identities written by John T. Maddox and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 1138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Including the languages of Spanish, Portuguese, French, and their Creoles, and encompassing an interdisciplinary range of sources, this volume is a dictionary of 21,000 terms related to race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality used in Latin America over the past five centuries"--
Download or read book Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin written by Leo F. Stelten and published by Hendrickson Publishers. This book was released on 2021-04-18 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin includes approximately 17,000 words with the common meanings of the Latin terms found in church writings. Entries cover Scripture, Canon Law, the Liturgy, Vatican II, the early church fathers, and theological terms. An appendix provides descriptions of ecclesiastical structures and explains technical terms from ecclesiastical law. The Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin has already been widely praised for its serviceability and indispensability in both academic and Church settings and will prove to be an invaluable resource for theological students and for those seeking to improve their knowledge of ecclesiastical Latin.
Download or read book A Latin English and English Latin Dictionary written by Charles Anthon and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 1286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wheelock s Latin written by Frederic M. Wheelock and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 2902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic introductory Latin textbook, first published in 1956, and still the bestselling and most highly regarded textbook of its kind. Revised and expanded, this sixth edition of classics professor Frederic M. Wheelock's Latin has all the features that have made it the bestselling single-volume beginning Latin textbook and more: * Forty chapters with grammatical explanations and readings based on ancient Roman authors * Self-tutorial exercises with an answer key for independent study * An extensive English-Latin/Latin-English vocabulary section * A rich selection of original Latin readings—unlike other textbooks which contain primarily made-up Latin texts * Etymological aids Also includes maps of the Mediterranean, Italy and the Aegean area, as well as numerous photographs illustrating aspects of classical culture, mythology, and historical and literary figures presented in the chapter readings.
