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The Collins Latin Dictionary & Grammar offers the student of Latin the essential two-in-one reference: a comprehensive dictionary and a user-friendly grammar in one handy volume.
The Collins Latin Dictionary and Grammar is designed for students of Latin and is the ideal text for anyone who needs easy access to both a dictionary and a grammar reference guide.
• The Collins Latin Dictionary and Grammar offers comprehensive treatment of the vocabulary of texts read in school and university.
• The perfect complement to the dictionary – a comprehensive grammar guide which presents detailed verb tables covering 120 regular verbs and over 300 irregular verbs.
• The clear layout ensures that users find the information they need quickly and easily.
Other titles in the Collins Latin Dictionary range include the Collins Gem Latin Dictionary and the Collins Pocket Latin Dictionary.
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57 of 57 people found the following review helpful
This is an reasonably priced all-in-one Latin dictionary for both study and reference alike. Beginners and those already proficient in the Latin tongue will find this book both equally useful.
It is actually much more than a dictionary: included is a thorough section on grammar at the back (complete with Verb tables). This supplements a quick reference grammar section at the very start of the book which provides easy access to those tables of the various declensions and conjugations. Also included are brief sections on the alphabet and orthography.
The actual dictionary includes both Latin-English and English-Latin. Verbs are listed in bold as the present indicative and infinitive; Nouns as the nominative and genitive singular. Lozenges, Italics and brackets separate the differing uses of the word (abbreviations are provided at the front). Macrons are provided for long and short vowels. The dictionary doesn't provide pronunciations for the individual words but a guide is provided at the front which should make the pronunciation of Latin fairly clear for all. All in all it is easy to use and well presented.
We also get a section on Roman life and culture including a list of key historical dates, Republican government, organisation of the imperial army and a Roman family tree. It is far too brief to be of use to a serious student of history; in truth it is merely padding, but due to its easy access it is handy to dip into from time to time. Far more useful is a list of Roman geographical names and sections on numerals, dates and measurements. There is also a handy section on Latin Verse (with examples of the various ancient-meters) and a list of Latin terms used in English. This extra stuff solidifies the dictionary as an affordable multi-purpose desktop reference book.
It is actually much more than a dictionary: included is a thorough section on grammar at the back (complete with Verb tables). This supplements a quick reference grammar section at the very start of the book which provides easy access to those tables of the various declensions and conjugations. Also included are brief sections on the alphabet and orthography.
The actual dictionary includes both Latin-English and English-Latin. Verbs are listed in bold as the present indicative and infinitive; Nouns as the nominative and genitive singular. Lozenges, Italics and brackets separate the differing uses of the word (abbreviations are provided at the front). Macrons are provided for long and short vowels. The dictionary doesn't provide pronunciations for the individual words but a guide is provided at the front which should make the pronunciation of Latin fairly clear for all. All in all it is easy to use and well presented.
We also get a section on Roman life and culture including a list of key historical dates, Republican government, organisation of the imperial army and a Roman family tree. It is far too brief to be of use to a serious student of history; in truth it is merely padding, but due to its easy access it is handy to dip into from time to time. Far more useful is a list of Roman geographical names and sections on numerals, dates and measurements. There is also a handy section on Latin Verse (with examples of the various ancient-meters) and a list of Latin terms used in English. This extra stuff solidifies the dictionary as an affordable multi-purpose desktop reference book.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
I have started to learn Latin at an advanced age to help me with English, French and ESOL studies. I have a tutor and am learning with a teenager. This book was a brilliant find and we are using Getting started with Latin by William Linney also from Amazon. Good luck to us!
As always wonderful service.
As always wonderful service.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
When I first suggested getting my daughter a Latin Dictionary one night after another helpless attempt at homework, she was rather reluctant because she wasn't sure it would be as easy to use as her school text book.
I decided that I'd buy it sho that when she forgot her textbook she wouldn't be left to copying answers the next day. As soon as I gave it to her she took one look at it and said it was even better than her on "syllabus approved" school book.
She now takes it to her lessons and it is using it for GCSE reveision and found not only the English to Latin translation and vice versa usefull, but loves the grammar section.
Her grades have shot up as her understanding of tenses and verbs has finally improved and I can't help but reccommend this book to anyone who finds the school text book just isnn't enough.
I decided that I'd buy it sho that when she forgot her textbook she wouldn't be left to copying answers the next day. As soon as I gave it to her she took one look at it and said it was even better than her on "syllabus approved" school book.
She now takes it to her lessons and it is using it for GCSE reveision and found not only the English to Latin translation and vice versa usefull, but loves the grammar section.
Her grades have shot up as her understanding of tenses and verbs has finally improved and I can't help but reccommend this book to anyone who finds the school text book just isnn't enough.
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A replacement for an old and dear friend!
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A Latin illiterate of 70 years standing
This everything a student of the Language should have to hand. Had I been in possession of such a work 70 years ago I would have gone to Cambridge. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Higgerunt
Good value purchase
Received this product in good time and was in excellent condition. Very happy with service, quality of the product and the price.
Published 8 months ago by Lynn1Amazon
Easy to use and loveable!
I use this book often and enjoy referring to it. Just like a normal dictionary but in Latin, I find it very helpful and recommend it to all!
Published on 6 April 2010 by S. Jones
Collins Latin Dictionary & Grammer
This is a book that I would recomend to anyone interested in Latin as it is easy to understand and full of all the useful information
Published on 3 Nov 2009 by Ms. J. E. S. Essex
Latin rocks.
i'm writing a story at the moment that involves a lot of latin words so this boook is absolutely fantastic.it has an engllish to latin section and a latin to english section. Read more
Published on 2 Aug 2009 by Mr. Kenneth Halstead
a very good latin dictionary
This latin dictionary is very good as it has on top of it a very apprehensive grammar section giving you extra tips for trnsltion. Read more
Published on 5 April 2009 by Mrs. Louisa Miller
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