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Zusatztext Eleanor Dickey catalogues and describes with admirable scholarly thoroughness the forms of address used by Romans ... She deserves congratulation for her meticulous! well-written and clearly argued work of reference which provides a remarkable collection of one type of evidence for the Roman obsession with hierarchy and status. Informationen zum Autor Assistant Professor of Classics, Columbia University. Her previous work, also published by Oxford University Press was, Greek Forms of Address: From Herodotus to Lucian (1996). Klappentext How did Romans address their children, their parents, their slaves, and their patrons? When one Roman called another 'dearest', 'master', 'brother', 'human being', 'executioner', or 'soft little cheese', what did these terms really mean and why? This book brings to bear on such questions a corpus of 15,441 addresses spanning four centuries, drawn from literary prose, poetry, letters, inscriptions, ostraca, and papyri and analysed during recent work in sociolinguistics. The results offer new insights into Roman culture and shed a fresh light on the interpretation of numerous passages in literature. A glossary of the 500 most common addresses and quick-reference tables explaining the rules of usage make this book a valuable resource for Latin teachers and all active users of the language, while the evidence for the investigations behind these conclusions will fascinate scholars and laymen alike. Original, jargon-free, and highly readable, this work will be enjoyed even by those with no prior knowledge of Latin. Zusammenfassung A lively and engaging study of Roman culture and Latin literature as reflected in the system of address, based on a corpus of 15,441 addresses from literary and non-literary sources. A valuable resource for Latin teachers and active users of the language; the text will be enjoyed even by those with no prior knowledge of Latin. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I. Addresses 1: Names 2: Titles 3: Kinship Terms 4: Terms of Endearment, Affection, and Esteem 5: Insults 6: Other Addresses 7: The Use of mi and o II. Interactions 8: Addresses between Known People without any Special Attachment to One Another 9: Addresses to Strangers and Nameless Characters 10: Addresses between Relatives 11: Addresses between Spouses and Others with a Romantic Interest 12: Addresses to Groups 13: Addresses to and from Non-Humans ...
