[PDF] Latin For The Illiterati eBook

Author : Jon R. Stone
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 14,56 MB
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1135961956

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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
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 11,94 MB
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1135881006

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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
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 24,8 MB
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1135881103

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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 : Psychology Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 14,69 MB
Release : 1996-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780415917742

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Lists the English equivalent for common Latin verbs, expressions, phrases, and familiar sayings

Author : Pomegranate Communications, Inc
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 38,66 MB
Release : 2002-12-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780764914294

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There are no litterae mortuae (empty or superfluous words) in this informative collection of Latin words and phrases, with definitions. Culled from Jon R. Stones's two books -- Latin for the Illiterati and More Latin for the Illiterati (Routledge, 1996 and 1999, respectively) -- the selections will fill you with scientia (knowledge; learning), empower you with studium (enthusiasm; zeal), and remind you that verba volant, scripta manent (spoken words fly away, written ones remain). Impress your acquaintances with legal, medicinal, political, and religious terminology as you learn Latin in an informative and enjoyable manner. A handy pronunciation guide appears at the back of the calendar.

Author : Roger D. Woodard
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 15,13 MB
Release : 2008-04-10
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1139469320

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This book, derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages, describes the ancient languages of Europe, for the convenience of students and specialists working in that area. Each chapter of the work focuses on an individual language or, in some instances, a set of closely related varieties of a language. Providing a full descriptive presentation, each of these chapters examines the writing system(s), phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon of that language, and places the language within its proper linguistic and historical context. The volume brings together an international array of scholars, each a leading specialist in ancient language study. While designed primarily for scholars and students of linguistics, this work will prove invaluable to all whose studies take them into the realm of ancient language.