Latin forms of address [[electronic resource] ] : from Plautus to Apuleius / / Eleanor Dickey

• Autore: Dickey Eleanor
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 414 p. ) : ill
• Disciplina: 395.40937
• Soggetto topico: Latin language - Address, Forms of; Latin language - Social aspects - Rome; Social interaction - Rome; Forms of address - Rome; Names, Personal - Rome; Names, Latin
• Note generali: Originally published: 2002.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [376]-392) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: INTRODUCTION; PART I. ADDRESSES; 1. Names; 2. Titles; 3. Kinship Terms; 4. Terms of Endearment, Affection, and Esteem; 5. Insults; 6. Other Addresses; 7. The Use of mi and o; II. INTERACTIONS; 8. Addresses between Known People without any Special Attachment to One Another; 9. Addresses to Strangers and Nameless Characters; 10. Addresses between Relatives; 11. Addresses between Spouses and Others with a Romantic Interest; 12. Addresses to Groups; 13. Addresses to and from Non-Humans
• Sommario/riassunto: How did Romans address their children, their parents, their slaves and their patrons? This text questions a body of addresses spanning four centuries and drawn from a variety of sources.
• Titolo autorizzato: Latin forms of address
• ISBN: 1-383-03776-0; 9786611341671; 1-281-34167-3; 1-280-44654-4; 9786610446544; 0-19-155391-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816822503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II