21st century Latin [[electronic resource] ] : from ASBO teens to being green / / Sam Foster

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451927403321
• Autore: Foster Sam
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, U.K., : Summersdale Publishers, Ltd., 2007
• ISBN: 1-281-18864-6; 9786611188641; 1-4356-2733-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (208 p.)
• Disciplina: 477
• Soggetti: Latin language; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; CONTENTS Contenta; Introduction Introductio; At the Local Tabernae Loci; Crime and Punishment Crimen et Poenae; Yoof Culture Cultus luvenum; Gardening and Home Improvements Cura Hortensis et Correctiones Domus; Dining with Friends Cena apud Amicos; Dining Out Cena Foras; Leisure Otium; Excuses, Excuses Excusationes, Excusationes; Insults Contumeliae; Flirting Online Osculari in Linea; Flirting Fun Ludus Osculandi; Dating Talk Sermones Amorum; The Trouble with Love Dolores Amoris; Meeting the Parents Apud Parentes; At Family Get-togethers In Conventibus Familiae; Birthdays and Weddings Dies Natales et NuptiaeAbroad Apud Gentes Externas; At the Airport Portus Aeris; Let's Talk About Health Loquamur de Salute; Student Life Vita Studiosorum; Student Rules Regulae Studiosis; Shop Till You Drop Tabernas Perambula Donec Cadas; Sporting Talk Sermo de Ludis; There's No Place Like Home Est Nullus Locus Domui Similis; Getting Around Itinera; Lifestyle and the Environment Modus Vitae et Statio Mundi; Water-cooler Conversation Sermones Prope Machinam Aquae Gelidae; Work in Progress Opus Progrediens; World Views Sententiae de Mundo; Other Useless Phrases Aliae Locutiones Inutiles
• Sommario/riassunto: A modern person's guide to the ancient language If Latin is good ; enough for Caesar, it's good enough for you. And some things just sound far better in the old tongue. No longer ""the dead language,"" Latin has been given a whole new lease of life in a manner befitting 21st century folk and their daily chit chat. From navigating the internet and MySpace to plastic surgery and binge drinking, this language lover's bible guarantees you'll go down in a storm when you're invited to the Vatican.