More Latin for the Illiterati: A Guide to Medical, Legal and Religious LatinScientia est potentia (knowledge is power)! More Latin for the Illiterati demystifies the terminology of modern courtrooms and hospitals, untangles some of the most complex and unforgiving examples of Latin abbreviation, and allows readers to explore the classical roots of law, medicine and the ministry. This new collection contains nearly 5000 entries devoted to law, medicine and religion, and includes phrases like:jus sibi dicere-- to take the law into one's own hands hircosus-- smelling like a goat opprobrium medicum [the reproach of physicians]--an incurable disease ita et viri debent diligere uxores ut corpora sua--so men ought to love their wives as their own bodies [Ephesians 5:28] ludere cum sacris--to trifle with sacred things amicus curiae--a friend of the court Practicing or aspiring doctors, lawyers or ministers, language-lovers, students of literature--and anybody who loved Latin for the Illiterati, will want More... This collection also makes an ideal gift. Praise for the first Illiterati collection: If you're a student trying to improve your vocabulary, this is a great book... For those who have forgotten their three years of parochial-school Latin, this is really great book. --Publisher's Weekly A ready-reference dream come true...--American Libraries Also of interest: Latin for the Illiterati: Exorcizing the Ghosts of a Dead |
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... John and Carrie Birmingham , Jeff Brodd , Tom and Karin Bryan , Mike and Leslie Burdick , Bill and Sharon Francis , Helen Harrington , Ben and Mimi Johnson , Kimberly Labor , Eric Mazur , Bill Medlen , Ken Montojo , Birger Pearson ...
... John and Carrie Birmingham , Jeff Brodd , Tom and Karin Bryan , Mike and Leslie Burdick , Bill and Sharon Francis , Helen Harrington , Ben and Mimi Johnson , Kimberly Labor , Eric Mazur , Bill Medlen , Ken Montojo , Birger Pearson ...
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... John Grover . Latin for Pharmacists . Chapel Hill , NC : The Book Exchange , 1942 . Collins , John F. A Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin . Washington , D.C .: The Catholic University of America Press , 1985 . Cooper , J. W. , and A. C. ...
... John Grover . Latin for Pharmacists . Chapel Hill , NC : The Book Exchange , 1942 . Collins , John F. A Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin . Washington , D.C .: The Catholic University of America Press , 1985 . Cooper , J. W. , and A. C. ...
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... John . Latin Phrases and Maxims . Edinburgh : William Patterson , 1861 . Webster's New World Dictionary of the English Language . New York : World Publishing Company , 1964 . Woods , Robert S. The Naturalist's Lexicon . Pasadena , CA ...
... John . Latin Phrases and Maxims . Edinburgh : William Patterson , 1861 . Webster's New World Dictionary of the English Language . New York : World Publishing Company , 1964 . Woods , Robert S. The Naturalist's Lexicon . Pasadena , CA ...
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