Latin for the Illiterati, Second Edition

Jon R. Stone is a best-selling author and a Professor of Religious Studies at California State University, Long Beach. He is the author of More Latin for the Illiterati: A Guide to Everyday Medical, Legal, and Religious Latin, The Routledge Book of World Proverbs and The Routledge Dictionary of Latin Quotations, also published by Routledge.

出版者:Routledge

作者:Jon R. Stone

页数:360

出版时间:2009-3-26

价格:USD19.42

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780415777674

图书标签:拉丁语LATIN美国

This revised andupdated 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.