Ad Infinitum : a biography of Latin / Nicholas Ostler.
نوع المادة : نصالناشر:New York : Walker and Co, 2007وصف:xvii, 382 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780802716798
- 0802716792
- PA2057 .O88 2007
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | PA2057 .O88 2007 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010011107246 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | PA2057 .O88 2007 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30010011107250 |
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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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-368) and index.
pt. 1. 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 -- part 2. 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 -- part 3. 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 -- part 4. 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.