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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I qualified as a reader of this quirky book, and enjoyed owning it for years. ( ) Jon Stone, a classmate of mine in undergraduate school, taught religious studies at UC Berkeley at the time of publication and is now a professor at CSU Long Beach. The idea for this book came from the experience of studying for his doctorate when he encountered many Latin words and expressions and began to keep his own list. He expanded that original list and organized it in the chapter-categories of this book: Common Words and Expressions, Common Phrases and Familiar Sayings, Abbreviations, and Miscellaneous. In addition, there is a helpful English-Latin index. While this book may not make you a Latin scholar, it could help you to sound like one if you are laudis cupidis ("one desirous of praise"). There are literally thousands of phrases, expressions, and abbreviations in these 200 pages, and a handy pronunciation guide as well. The book was named an "Outstanding Reference Source" in 1997 by the American Library Association. It is a worthy work omnibus rebus ("in every respect"). no reviews | add a review
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. No library descriptions found. |
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