Learn Latin presents in handy book form the brilliant QED series of teach-yourself Latin articles which have captivated thousands of readers of the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Telegraph. In twenty weeks, these readers were able to learn enough Latin to read from the Bayeux tapestry, the love-poet Catullus, Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, St. Jerome’s Vulgate (the Bible in Latin) and much else.
If you have ever hankered after a basic introduction to this great language, which covers just enough to read the real thing (and no more), this is the book you have been waiting for. If you have ever wanted to know what lies at the heart of languages like French, Spanish and Italian, today spoken by 600 million people all over the world, or if you have ever been fascinated by the workings of language and the richness and precision of English (half of which is Latin), Learn Latin will prove a rich source of enlightenment and pleasure.
By:
Peter Jones
Imprint: Duckworth Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 214mm,
Width: 136mm,
Spine: 10mm
Weight: 242g
ISBN: 9780715627570
ISBN 10: 0715627570
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 01 January 1998
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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ELT Advanced
,
A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface Introduction 1. amo, a mas, amat . . . The world of Rome: From Romulus to Empire Word play: Romans in Britain 2. More verbs: moneo, rego, audio, capio The world of Rome: From rape to republic Word play: Anglo-Saxons and Normans 3. Nouns: Corinna and Delia Carmina Burana The world of Rome: The first Roman emperor Word play: The Norman influence 4. Nouns: William, Harold and the great 'I am' The world of Rome: The Roman Empire Word play: The 16th-20th centuries 5. Prepositions, prohibitions and possum The world of Rome: The rape of Lucretia Word play: prefixes and suffixes 6. Nouns: the third declension The world of Rome: the treacherous schoolmaster Word play: False derivations 7. Giving orders and learning plurals Bayeux Tapestry The world of Rome: Hannibal crosses the Alps Word play: Spelling conventions 8. The perfect active and vocatives Bayeux Tapestry, Carmina Burana The world of Rome: The grandest old Roman Word play: tense and aspect CONTENTS 9. Personal pronouns and the dative case Martial The world of Rome: The Ides of March Word play: Word order and case 10. More datives and eo StJohn 12, St Luke 6 The world of Rome: An emperor's legacy Word play: Augustus 11. The imperfect active StJohn 1, adeste fideles, St Luke 2 The world of Rome: Worshipping strange gods Word play: Gerundives 12. Perfects and participles StJohn 19 The world of Rome: Dealing with Christians Word play: '-ant' or '-ent'? 13. vola, nolo, malo: the ace. and inf. The world of Rome: Caesar in Britain Word play: Se-xy stuff 14. The perfect passive Catullus 85, 70 The world of Rome: Roman democracy Word play: Latin roots, modem meaning 15. The ablative and adjectives The world of Rome: Women's liberation Word play: Family mottoes and the ablative 16. The genitive Catullus The world of Rome: Citizenship Word play: pes, foot 17. The pluperfect active and more passives The world of Rome: Slavery Word play: Indo-European 18. The subjunctive The world of Rome: Slave makes good Word play: ancient concepts, modern language 19. The Bayeux Tapestry and Carmina Burana Word play: Doublets 20. Catullus 87 and StJohn 19-20 Word play: Zeus Grammatical Summary Verbs Nouns Adjectives Recorded Vocabulary Latin-English English-Latin Grammatical Index
