Meissner's Latin Phrasebook
Meissner’s Latin Phrase-book is a book of phrases in Latin for students of composition or those wanting to learn spoken Latin.
History of the English text[]
The English text is a translation of Carl Meissner’s (1830–1900) sixth German edition.[1] (Meissner was also the author of a study of Terence and should not be confused with the Swiss botanist of the same name). It was first translated into English by , who added more phrases. The book then went through multiple reprints and editions during the twentieth century and is still being used and cited as a source.[2]
Most recent editions[]
- Latin Phrasebook, C. Meissner and H. W. Auden, Hippocrene (1998) ISBN 0-7818-0666-6
- Latin Phrase Book, C. Meissner, Duckworth (1981) ISBN 0-7156-1469-X
References[]
- ^ Lateinische Phraseologie für die oberen Gymnasialklassen. Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1880.
- ^ Latin Marriage Vocabulary on About.Com (accessed 27 April 2010) See also ARLT blog "The End of Latin" posted 1 July 2009 (accessed 27 April 2010)
External links[]
- Latin Phrase-Book at Project Gutenberg.
- Table of Contents on Amazon
- Meißner, Carl (1830-1900) Biographisches Stichwort accessed 27 April 2010 (in German)
Categories:
- Latin language