Dictionary of Latin and Greek quotations, proverbs, maxims, and mottos, classical and mediaeval, including law terms and phrases

From the Senate floor to the medieval cloister, a single line can carry a century. Words that shaped whole civilisations. H. T. Riley gathers the sayings that readers most often reach for but rarely have to hand: a latin quotations dictionary and greek quotation reference book in one, arranged as a practical reference for browsing, citing, or checking a half-remembered tag. Maxim, motto, proverb, or legal formula: Riley records the phrasing that turns argument into authority and conversation into wit at a glance. Here are classical proverb anthology favourites beside medieval latin proverbs, with a steady eye on usage in law, rhetoric, and scholarship; the result is equally a legal latin terms glossary and a treasury of latin maxims and mottos. Whether you are translating a passage, drafting a speech, tracing ideas from ancient Rome and Greece, or following Latin in medieval Europe into church, university, and court, this volume keeps the originals close and the context clear. Long before modern quotation compendia, such collections helped preserve and transmit the shared language of learning. Riley's dictionary stands in the same tradition that later readers meet in Bartletts Familiar Quotations or the Oxford quotations dictionary, yet its focus on classical and mediaeval sources makes it especially valuable as a classics student reference and a translator quotation sourcebook. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.