![]() Etruscan borrowings in Latin - Appendix 3. Notes on the Latin tags in chapter headings - Appendix 2. 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 -Īppendix 1. 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. 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. 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. Originally published: London : HarperPress, 2007 ![]() 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 ![]()
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