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Where can I find LATIN PHRASES in common books?
I was wondering if anyone knows of any good books or common sources to find latin phrases. I know they appear in newspapers too, but which section most frequently. What about story books? Are there any in the Series of Unfortuante events. If so which book? It's an assignment for school and i need to find latin phrases in books. it can't be from the internet. Thanks. I'll vote!
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- Harry Potter!! Most of the spells are in Latin. Clamo Clamas Clamamus glace lactus. - Latin for I scream. You scream. We all scream for ice cream! (actually means I shout ,you shout we all shout for frozen milk but hey, it was as close as i could get!!)
- Check out the Harry Potter books. The spells and some potion names are (very) corrupted Latin but it isnt too hard to draw out some accurate Latin from them. For instance, wingadium leviosa, the levitation spell comes from levare which is the Latin for "to raise". (or more likely Rowling took it from levitate which definitely comes from levare)
- in 'brideshead revisited' charles says to sebastian, 'sebatian contra mundum', which means 'sebastian against the world'. a part of that book is called 'et in arcadia ego', which means 'and i in Arcadia (paradise)'. and in harry potter, the school motto, look on the title page under their shield, is latin. i believe it means 'never disturb a sleeping dragon' look in legal sections. 'habeus corpus' means an innocent person trying to be let out of jail, 'in loco parentis' means in place of parents (guardians), and there's bound to be more. NB- (put at the bottom of writing as an extra note, is short for 'note bene' (note well)) etc.- (et cetera, meaning 'and others') ie.- ('in exemplis', meaning for example) hope all this helps coz i thought hard :)
- i agree with harry potter being the best source but i think u can also check out angels and demons and the da vinci code if u don't have these books, u can try downloading free e-books.
- harry potter! i'm dead serious. all the spells are latin.
