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Item Information       Summary     More Content     More by this author     Ostler, Nicholas.     Subjects     Latin language -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Ostler, Nicholas.       by title:      Ad infinitum [electr...         MARC Display

Ad infinitum [electronic resource] : a biography of Latin / Nicholas Ostler. by Ostler, Nicholas. New York : Walker & Co, c2007. Subjects Latin language -- History. Electronic Resource http://hawaii.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=EBFDE557-8E2A-4284-8641-FF9B61F7196F This title is available online; click here to access ISBN:  9780802718402 (electronic bk.) 080271840X (electronic bk.) Description:  1 online resource (443 p.) : ill., maps. Edition:  1st U.S. ed. Contents:  A Latin world: Ad infinitum : an empire lived in Latin ; Fons et origo : Latin's kin ; Sub rosa : Latin's Etruscan stepmother ; Cui bono?: Rome's winning ways ; Excelsior : looking up to Greek ; Felix coniunctio : a partnership of paragons -- Latin recruits: Urbi et orbi : taking over the Church ; Vox populi vox dei : Latin as the bond of unity ; Dies irae : staying on ; Ultra vires : beyond the limits of empire -- Worlds built on Latin: Lapus linguae : incurable romantics : fractured Latin ; Amor vincit omnia : Latin lovers ; Litterae humaniores : the fruits of Latin education ; Ex oriente lux : sources of higher learning -- Latin in a vernacular world: Alter ego : humanism and the return of the classics ; Deus ex machina : printing and the profusion of grammars ; Novus orbis : Latin America ; Decus et tutamen : last redoubts ; Eheu fugaces : Latin's decline ; Sub specie aeternitatis : Latin today. Requests:  0 Summary:  A study of the Latin language examines its role in the evolution of Western culture and civilization, its relationship with ancient Greek language, science, and philosophy, its place in the Catholic Church, and its function as an ancestor of modern-day languages.   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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