Bibliograph

Carpe diem, put a little Latin in your life, Harry Mount

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Label

Carpe diem, put a little Latin in your life, Harry Mount

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Carpe diem

Oclc number

122309325

Responsibility statement

Harry Mount

Sub title

put a little Latin in your life

Summary

A lighthearted introduction to Latin draws on examples from pop culture to identify everyday sayings with Latin origins, from "alter ego" and "ad nauseum" to "caveat emptor" and "e pluribus unum," in a whimsical tour of the language's obscure and arcane rules

Table Of Contents

Prosecco and pistachio, or, How to read this book -- Back to basis : sex, cases, and word order -- George Orwell, Berks, and wankers, or, How to translate Latin into lovely English -- Diana the huntress and Camilla the virgin queen : Roman gods and goddesses -- Tuscan columns and the historical importance of My fair lady : a quick cultural tour of Rome -- To all the sirs I've loved before : Latin teachers I have known -- The good, the bad, and the other adjectives -- Verbal abuse and the John Cleese guide to Latin -- 1,484 years of purple togas, or, Roman emperors and thier greatest hits -- Thank Jupiter Boadicea lost : Rome's legacy to the western world -- Beware the ides of March : Roman dates, numbers, weights, and measures -- Golden Latin, or, How to write like Cicero -- When in Rome, talk as the Romans talk : a Latin phrasebook -- Latin's tense future

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