Amo, Amas, Amat and More: How to Use Latin to Your Own Advantage and to the Astonishment of Others (Hudson Group Books)

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So, in the contemporary age of cultural chaos and multi culturalism, it is well to dwell on the language that helped to establish the cultural identity of Western Europe for more than one and a half millenia. Cannily bringing in the usual jokey Latinist suspects, from Willans and Searle's Molesworth to John Cleese's irate centurion-cum-schoolmaster in The Life of Brian, Mount makes a good case for knowing a little Latin.

Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright notice, which forms part of these terms and conditions.Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. An entertaining account of the use of latin in contemporary culture, some examples being completely left field. This book, however, is not a grammatical Latin book, but a collection of phrases that deal more with grammatical themes- prepositional phrases, etc.

I think all the following is the correct information, but we’re only on our 5th week of Latin, so please forgive/correct if I’ve erred. To access you ebook(s) after purchasing, you can download the free Glose app or read instantly on your browser by logging into Glose. Every Latin scholar or instructor learns Amo, Amas, Amat, Amamus, Amatis, Amant pretty much first thing. And it expanded my English Vocabulary enormously…plus it made me able to figure out the meaning of words if they had a Latin Root….I read reviews of the book, and although I didn't do Latin at school, I knew it would be fun to develop the scant Latin I knew and would no doubt increase my vocabulary in English and other European languages. Excudent alii spirantia morleus aera, credo equident vivos ducent de marmore voltus” was part of a Latin poem we were taught.

I'm a partially-homeschooling mother of six -- 3 boys ages 19, 17 and 15 years old, and three girls: 11, 8, and 3. But, if you have the vaguest memory of the ablative absolute, the locative and the gerund, you mastery of Latin will spring back to life with Amo, amas, amat.My Latin basics really were basic and not long lasting, as well as having been a very long time ago, so, I really need to start the basics all over again. By sharing the technology that has grown World of Books Group into the business it is today, we're helping charities increase revenue and reduce waste through re-commerce.