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    Nota Bene: A Guide to Familiar Latin Quotes and Phrases by Robin Langley Sommer (Editor)

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    • Pub. Date: December 1995
    • 63pp
    • Sales Rank: 110,607

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      • Pub. Date: December 1995
      • Publisher: Fall River Press
      • Format: Hardcover, 63pp
      • Sales Rank: 110,607

      Synopsis

      Proving the eternal usefulness of the world's liveliest "dead" language, this little book is filled Latin phrases everyone knows (alter ego, bona fide, status quo); expressions from Roman literature (a word to the wise, seize the day); unusual word derivations (sullen, from solus: alone); scholarly abbreviations; Latin words adopted directly into English (censor, forum, cohort); more. An educational, informative, entertaining, and eye-opening look at a fascinating language.

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      Is Good for What it saysby Psyko1

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      February 16, 2009: This is a helpful book for word aficionados and semantic enthusiasts.
      It is also a good source for those annoying sayings and abbreviations that don't seem to make sense - "ad infinitum" what?
      This is also a fun read for anyone interested in additional phrases or terms to spice up their language or baffle their friends.

      Not well researched.by Anonymous

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      February 01, 2002: I opened this book and immediately saw the meaning for the initials A.D. to be ante diem (before the day), not anno domini (year of our Lord). Maybe this is just being 'P.C', but it's simply incorrect.


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