A Dictionary of Latin Words and Phrases

Can you ad lib cum laude? Are you in extremis whenever you hear a Latin tag or phrase in medias res? Or, a contrario, would you like to learn more... more
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James Morwood
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Short description

Can you ad lib cum laude? Are you in extremis whenever you hear a Latin tag or phrase in medias res? Or, a contrario, would you like to learn more about how familiar expressions originated ab initio? This guide to Latin phrases provides a concise history of words and expressions.

Long description

Can you ad lib cum laude? Are you in extremis whenever you hear a Latin tag or phrase in medias res? Or, a contrario, would you like to learn more about how familiar expressions originated ab initio?;Nil desperandum. This browsable guide to Latin phrases provides a concise account of the meaning and history of words and expressions which have entered the English language.

Product details

Publisher:
USA Oxford University Press
ISBN:
9780198601098
Publication date:
September 1998
Length:
194mm
Width:
128mm
Thickness:
18mm
Weight:
259g
Audience:
General
Pages:
240

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