Veni, Vidi, Vici: Conquer Your Enemies, Impress Your Friends with Everyday Latin - Softcover

Ehrlich, Eugene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062733656 ISBN 13: 9780062733658

Publisher: Harper Paperbacks, 1995

Synopsis

Fans of Amo, Amas, Amat, and More, Eugene Ehrlich's first collection of Latin words and phrases which still serve gracefully today, will delight in this second offering.

Here's a sampling:

audacter calumnaire semper aliquid haeret
ow-DAH-ktehr kah-luum-nih-AH-reh SEM-pehr AH-lih-kwid HI-ret talk about negative campaigning!

This advice, "slander boldly, something always sticks," goes way back in time. And, for the slanderer, has more often than not been proved effective. So, while our century has had its share of shameless lying, we certainly didn't invent the technique.

contra felicem vix deus vires habet
KAWN-trah feh-LEE-kem wiks DAY-uus WIHR-ehs HAH-bet don't bet against a crapshooter on a roll

Publilius Syrus telling us that "against a lucky man a god scarcely has power." Why buck the odds?

dea certe
DEH-ah KEHR-tay assuredly a goddess

A fine compliment to pay any woman of outstanding achievement in her lifetime.

About this title

About the Author:

Eugene Ehrlich wrote and edited numerous reference books on language, including the original Oxford American Dictionary and Amo, Amas, Amat and More.

Language Notes:

Text: English, Latin

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0062733656
• ISBN 13: 9780062733658
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320