Latin For Dummies

Höfundar: Clifford A. Hull; Steven R. Perkins (Útgáfa: 2)
Latin For Dummies

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Master the basics of a lyrical and useful language Even though most people don’t use Latin anymore, it used to be spoken by millions of people from across the ancient world. It later morphed into new languages we still use today! In Latin For Dummies, you’ll take a tour through the language of ancient Rome. Beginning with Latin you may already know, like “carpe diem” and “quid pro quo,” the book walks you through essential Latin grammar and everyday Latin phrases.

It also explores how Latin shaped and molded modern languages, including English. In this book, you’ll find: Lessons to learn Latin grammar and vocabulary Practices for reading, translating, and composing Latin Tips to recognize commonly confused Latin words Latin For Dummies proves that learning Latin, while challenging, can be fun and exciting too! It’s perfect for first timers interested in the ancient language and anyone who wants to learn more about ancient Roman history and culture.

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Útgefandi
Wiley Professional Development (P&T)
ISBN
9781119874812
Print ISBN
9781119874799
Format
ePub
Útgáfa
2
Höfundar
Clifford A. Hull; Steven R. Perkins
Tungumál
English
Útgefið
2022-03-28
Prent takmörkun á líftíma
100
Prent takmörkun
10
Afritunar takmörkun
2

Kaflar

  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Introduction
  • About This Book
  • Conventions Used in This Book
  • Foolish Assumptions
  • How This Book Is Organized
  • Icons Used in This Book
  • Beyond the Book
  • Where to Go from Here
  • Part 1: Getting Started with Latin
  • Chapter 1: You Already Know a Little Latin
  • Latin: Not as Dead as You May Have Hoped
  • Familiarity Breeds Comfort: Latin You Already Know
  • From A to Z: The Latin Alphabet
  • SOUNDIN’ LIKE A ROMAN: PRONUNCIATION
  • Chapter 2: The Nitty Gritty: Basic Latin Grammar
  • Bending the Rules: All about an Inflected Language
  • Latin Nouns (Or Why You Should Love Your English Teacher)
  • Lights! Camera! Action! Introducing Verbs
  • Making Connections through Conjunctions
  • Chapter 3: Salve! (Hello!): Greetings and Introductions
  • Hello, Goodbye: Roman Salutations and Farewells
  • Do It – Now!!!!!
  • Being There: Esse (To Be)
  • Saying Where You’re From
  • Identifying Yourself
  • Asking Questions
  • The Preposition Proposition
  • Playing the Numbers
  • Part 2: Latin in Action
  • Chapter 4: The Roman Family and Social Structure
  • Keeping It All in the Family
  • Throwing on Meaning with Adjectives
  • Perfecting the Past and the Future
  • Chapter 5: Food and Housing in Roman Life
  • Living to Eat and Eating to Live
  • Dining Practices
  • To Be or To Eat: That’s the Real Question
  • Welcome Home!
  • Chapter 6: The Roman Calendar
  • Planning Ahead with the Roman Calendar
  • Oh, That Able Ablative!
  • Expressing Subjunctive Moodiness
  • Pleading Insanity: The Insanity Clause
  • He Seems Like a God! Roman Deities
  • Chapter 7: The Roman Army
  • You’re in the Army Now
  • 4th- and 5th-Declension Nouns
  • Proceeding with Pronouns
  • Chapter 8: Roman Entertainment and Sports
  • Let the Games Begin!
  • Good, Better, Best: Never Let It Rest!
  • Standing Room Only: Roman Plays
  • Chapter 9: Roman Government
  • Ruling the World
  • Getting Out of the Verbal Trap
  • Passive (Aggressive) Voice
  • Chapter 10: More Lasting Than Bronze: Latin Literature
  • The Written Word
  • Getting Grammar into Proper Condition
  • Telling It Secondhand — Indirect Statements
  • Writing for the Rest of Us
  • Part 3: Latin in the Modern World
  • Chapter 11: Keeping It Simple, Silly
  • Finding the Subject in the Case
  • Filling in the Details
  • Where Were You on the Night of the 15th?
  • Listening to Latin Litigation: Words Used in Roman Courts
  • Summation and Closing Arguments
  • Latin Words Used in English-Language Courts
  • Chapter 12: The Decline and Fall of Roman Declensions
  • A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose — But Not in Latin
  • Sending It Off to the Lab (or the Dictionary)
  • Getting a Second Opinion through Context
  • Completing Your Residency
  • Getting In Shape with Verbs
  • This Doesn’t Seem Right, Doc
  • Understanding Common Medical Terms
  • Using Latin at the Drugstore
  • Chapter 13: We All Live In a Yellow Subordinate Clause
  • Finding Your Purpose
  • Seeing the Results of All This
  • I’ll Help You on One Condition
  • The Early Church and Its Adopted Language
  • Chapter 14: Latin in Zoology and Botany
  • Classifying Basics
  • Naming Fauna and Flora
  • Chapter 15: Translating and Reading Latin
  • Word Order, or Where in the Heck Is the Subject?
  • Making Sense of a Translation
  • Once More unto the Breach
  • Chapter 16: Mottoes, Sayings, and Quotes: Cocktail Party Latin
  • The Quotable Roman
  • Advice in Latin: Words to Live By
  • Mottoes in Latin
  • Part 4: The Part of Tens
  • Chapter 17: More than Ten Loanwords from Latin
  • Forum
  • Spectator
  • Senator
  • Radio
  • Atrium
  • Via
  • Veto
  • Focus
  • Onus
  • Sinister
  • Circus
  • Umbrella
  • Referendum
  • Memorandum
  • Agenda
  • Chapter 18: Ten (or So) False Friends: Common Mistakes in Latin
  • Audere and Audire: Audaciously Audible!
  • Crimen: Guilty or Not Guilty?
  • Ad or Ab: To or Fro?
  • Invitus (by Force)
  • Saepe and Semper: Do You Come Here Often or Always?
  • Servare and Servire: Are You Being Served or Saved?
  • Tandem and Tamen: I’d Like to Go Cycling, But …
  • Fugere and Fugare: Follow Me, I’m Right Behind You!
  • Dicere and Ducere: Do As I Say
  • Vir and Vires: Strength Isn’t Just For Men
  • Morior and Moror: Being Late to Your Own Funeral
  • Aestas and Aetas: When I Was Your Age in the Summer
  • Cado and Caedo: Be Careful, It’s the Fall that Will Kill You!
  • Os and Os: The Mouth Bone?
  • Quidam and Quidem: A Certain Man, Indeed
  • Consilium and Concilium: Do You Have Counsel for the Council?
  • Part 5: Appendices
  • Appendix A: Noun, Adjective, and Verb Tables
  • Noun Tables
  • Adjective (and Therefore Participle) Charts of the 1st – 3rd Declensions
  • Verb Tables
  • Irregular Verbs: Present Indicative
  • Irregular Verbs: Imperfect Indicative
  • Irregular Verbs: Future Simple Indicative
  • Irregular Verbs: Perfect Indicative
  • Irregular Verbs: Pluperfect Indicative
  • Irregular Verbs: Future Perfect Indicative
  • Irregular Verbs: Present Subjunctive
  • Irregular Verbs: Imperfect Subjunctive
  • Irregular Verbs: Perfect Subjunctive
  • Irregular Verbs: Pluperfect Subjunctive
  • Infinitives
  • Imperatives
  • Participles
  • Gerundives
  • Appendix B: Latin-English Mini-Dictionary
  • Appendix C: Answer Key
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7
  • Chapter 8
  • Chapter 9
  • Chapter 10
  • Chapter 11
  • Chapter 12
  • Chapter 13
  • Chapter 14
  • Chapter 15
  • Chapter 16
  • Index
  • About the Authors
  • Advertisement Page
  • Connect with Dummies
  • End User License Agreement