Carpe Diem
Put a Little Latin in Your Life
New York : Hyperion, [2007]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: viii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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.
ISBN:
1401322344
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
LANGUAGE Latin Mou | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Originally published: Amo, amas, amat-- and all that. London : Short, 2006.