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Synopsis

A New Look at Language!

The complete Latin dictionary and grammar -- two books in one!

  • Comprehensive treatment of the vocabulary of texts read in high school and college
  • Full step-by-step Latin grammar section
  • Detailed verb tables covering 120 regular verbs and more than 300 irregular verbs
  • Supplements on Roman history, life, and culture
  • Special section of Latin words and phrases used in contemporary English: carpe diem, quid pro quo, etc.
  • All the information you need to know to translate the classics by Virgil, Livy, or Cicero

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A New Look at Language

The complete Latin dictionary and grammar -- two books in one

Comprehensive treatment of the vocabulary of texts read in high school and college

Full step-by-step Latin grammar section

Detailed verb tables covering 120 regular verbs and more than 300 irregular verbs

Supplements on Roman history, life, and culture

Special section of Latin words and phrases used in contemporary English: carpe diem, quid pro quo, etc.

All the information you need to know to translate the classics by Virgil, Livy, or Cicero

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HarperCollins Latin Concise Dictionary

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Introduction

Whether you are learning Latin for the first time or wish to "brush up" what you learned some time ago, this dictionary is designed to help you understand Latin and to express yourself in Latin, if you so wish.



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