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Informationen zum Autor Peter Jones was co-founder of The Friends of Classics, Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Newcastle, and one of the best-known figures in the teaching of the Classics. He regular contributed to national newspapers ( The Daily Telegraph, The Spectator and TLS ), and the author of highly successful books such as Learn Latin, Learn Ancient Greek and the Classics in Translation ( also published by Bloomsbury). Klappentext Learn Latin presents in handy book form the brilliant QED series of teach-yourself Latin articles which have captivated thousands of readers of the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Telegraph. In twenty weeks, these readers were able to learn enough Latin to read from the Bayeux tapestry, the love-poet Catullus, Carl Orff's Carmina Burana , St. Jerome's Vulgate (the Bible in Latin) and much else.If you have ever hankered after a basic introduction to this great language, which covers just enough to read the real thing (and no more), this is the book you have been waiting for. If you have ever wanted to know what lies at the heart of languages like French, Spanish and Italian, today spoken by 600 million people all over the world, or if you have ever been fascinated by the workings of language and the richness and precision of English (half of which is Latin), Learn Latin will prove a rich source of enlightenment and pleasure. Vorwort This book offers readers a basic knowledge of Latin in a short space of time. Zusammenfassung Taken from the "QED" series of teach-yourself Latin articles, this book aims to give its readers a basic knowledge of Latin in a short space of time. It covers just enough to give a basic understanding of the ancient language at the heart of many modern European languages. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction 1. amo, a mas, amat . . . The world of Rome: From Romulus to Empire Word play: Romans in Britain 2. More verbs: moneo, rego, audio, capio The world of Rome: From rape to republic Word play: Anglo-Saxons and Normans 3. Nouns: Corinna and Delia Carmina Burana The world of Rome: The first Roman emperor Word play: The Norman influence 4. Nouns: William, Harold and the great 'I am' The world of Rome: The Roman Empire Word play: The 16th-20th centuries 5. Prepositions, prohibitions and possum The world of Rome: The rape of Lucretia Word play: prefixes and suffixes 6. Nouns: the third declension The world of Rome: the treacherous schoolmaster Word play: False derivations 7. Giving orders and learning plurals Bayeux Tapestry The world of Rome: Hannibal crosses the Alps Word play: Spelling conventions 8. The perfect active and vocatives Bayeux Tapestry, Carmina Burana The world of Rome: The grandest old Roman Word play: tense and aspect CONTENTS 9. Personal pronouns and the dative case Martial The world of Rome: The Ides of March Word play: Word order and case 10. More datives and eo StJohn 12, St Luke 6 The world of Rome: An emperor's legacy Word play: Augustus 11. The imperfect active StJohn 1, adeste fideles, St Luke 2 The world of Rome: Worshipping strange gods Word play: Gerundives 12. Perfects and participles StJohn 19 The world of Rome: Dealing with Christians Word play: '-ant' or '-ent'? 13. vola, nolo, malo: the ace. and inf. The world of Rome: Caesar in Britain Word play: Se-xy stuff 14. The perfect passive Catullus 85, 70 The world of Rome: Roman democracy Word play: Latin roots, modem meaning 15. The ablative and adjectives The world of Rome: Women's liberation Word play: Family mottoes and the ablative 16. The genitive Catullus The world of Rome: Citizenship Word play: pes, foot 17. The pluperfect active and more passives The world of Rome: Slav...
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Peter Jones was co-founder of The Friends of Classics, Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Newcastle, and one of the best-known figures in the teaching of the Classics. He regular contributed to national newspapers (The Daily Telegraph, The Spectator and TLS), and the author of highly successful books such as Learn Latin, Learn Ancient Greek and the Classics in Translation (also published by Bloomsbury).
