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Carine Girac-Marinier (ed.)

Latin Expressions in Your Pocket

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: France

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Title of the resource

Les expressions latines dans votre poche

Title of the resource in english

Latin Expressions in Your Pocket

Publisher

Larousse

Original language

Latin, French

Target and Age Group

Collège, lycée/middle school, high school, the general public

Author of the Entry:

Marta Pszczolińska, University of Warsaw, m.pszczolinska@al.uw.edu.pl

Peer-reviewer of the Entry:

Elżbieta Olechowska, University of Warsaw, elzbieta.olechowska@gmail.com

Second Peer-reviewer of the Entry:

Ayelet Peer, Bar- Ilan University, ayelet.peer@biu.ac.il

Carine Girac-Marinier (ed.)

Carine Girac-Marinier is an editor of many Larousse publications, especially Les Mini Larousse series, such as: Les expressions françaises dans votre poche, Les expressions latines dans votre poche, L'italien dans votre poche, L'allemand dans votre poche, L'espagnol dans votre poche, Les grands rois de France, Les grands écrivains français, Découvrir les Impressionnistes, Dieux et héros de la mythologie and other collective works. Since 2009 she heads the department of Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Extracurricular Publications in the Éditions Larousse, whose production amounts to 200 titles per year.

Contents & Purpose

Les expressions latines dans votre poche is one of the numerous publications in the series Les Mini Larousse (...dans votre poche) published by Larousse. As expressed in its title, the handbook is a miniature compendium of Latin expressions in a compact pocket format (10 x 15 cm). It contains 54 Latin expressions and 15 French idiomatic expressions and phrases stemming from and referring to mythology. The Latin expressions and sentences are given in their original form, then translated to French and explained, also provided with the source, in some cases reception and an example of usage.

Among the Latin texts one can find sentences of various provenance, not exclusively ancient (delenda Carthago; tu quoque, fili!; festina lente; o tempora! o mores!), but also biblical (vox clamantis in deserto) or modern (ad usum Delphini). The examples are illustrated with images of ancient mosaics, sculptures, frescoes, inscriptions or coins. In the second part, divided by an image of the Pantheon, the Larousse team provides French idiomatic phrases by introducing a piece of art related to the topic on the left side and presenting the expressions, their symbolism and usage on the right side. Among them, one can find Pandora’s box, the Trojan horse, Oedipus’ complex, Jupiter’s thigh, luxuries of Capua (connected with the Second Punic War), the apple of discord, the sword of Damocles, Ariadne’s thread, Marathon - the messenger of victory, lucky as Ulisses (who visited beautiful countries) , Croesus’ wealth, Sphinx, the punishment of Tantalus, Achilles’ heel, the sieve of the Danaides (as a futile, repetitive task).



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Title of the resource

Latin Expressions in Your Pocket

Title of the resource in english

Les expressions latines dans votre poche

Publisher

Larousse

Original language

Latin, French

Target and Age Group

Collège, lycée/middle school, high school, the general public

Author of the Entry:

Marta Pszczolińska, University of Warsaw, m.pszczolinska@al.uw.edu.pl

Peer-reviewer of the Entry:

Elżbieta Olechowska, University of Warsaw, elzbieta.olechowska@gmail.com

Second Peer-reviewer of the Entry:

Ayelet Peer, Bar- Ilan University, ayelet.peer@biu.ac.il

Carine Girac-Marinier (ed.)

Carine Girac-Marinier is an editor of many Larousse publications, especially Les Mini Larousse series, such as: Les expressions françaises dans votre poche, Les expressions latines dans votre poche, L'italien dans votre poche, L'allemand dans votre poche, L'espagnol dans votre poche, Les grands rois de France, Les grands écrivains français, Découvrir les Impressionnistes, Dieux et héros de la mythologie and other collective works. Since 2009 she heads the department of Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Extracurricular Publications in the Éditions Larousse, whose production amounts to 200 titles per year.

Contents & Purpose

Les expressions latines dans votre poche is one of the numerous publications in the series Les Mini Larousse (...dans votre poche) published by Larousse. As expressed in its title, the handbook is a miniature compendium of Latin expressions in a compact pocket format (10 x 15 cm). It contains 54 Latin expressions and 15 French idiomatic expressions and phrases stemming from and referring to mythology. The Latin expressions and sentences are given in their original form, then translated to French and explained, also provided with the source, in some cases reception and an example of usage.

Among the Latin texts one can find sentences of various provenance, not exclusively ancient (delenda Carthago; tu quoque, fili!; festina lente; o tempora! o mores!), but also biblical (vox clamantis in deserto) or modern (ad usum Delphini). The examples are illustrated with images of ancient mosaics, sculptures, frescoes, inscriptions or coins. In the second part, divided by an image of the Pantheon, the Larousse team provides French idiomatic phrases by introducing a piece of art related to the topic on the left side and presenting the expressions, their symbolism and usage on the right side. Among them, one can find Pandora’s box, the Trojan horse, Oedipus’ complex, Jupiter’s thigh, luxuries of Capua (connected with the Second Punic War), the apple of discord, the sword of Damocles, Ariadne’s thread, Marathon - the messenger of victory, lucky as Ulisses (who visited beautiful countries) , Croesus’ wealth, Sphinx, the punishment of Tantalus, Achilles’ heel, the sieve of the Danaides (as a futile, repetitive task).