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John Parker
Have you ever pondered the meaning of a club motto or the proper use of an
alibi?
Ever wondered why John Steinbeck wrote Ad astra per alia porci on the title page
of each of his books?
John Parker reveals the meaning behind these Latinisms we use in everyday life
and find in our favourite literature
in this entertaining book, proving that Latin is not just for classicists.
Book Extract
Genius Loci - The spirit or god of a place
In a bygone era, and in a place where every natuaral feature of the land had its own tutelary deity, this would have been a local god. Virgil in the Aeneid 7;136 says Geniumque Loci invocat ('And he prays to the god of the place').
'We had a comfortable supper, and got into high spirits. I felt all my toryism in this old capital of Staffordshire. I could have offered incense genio loci'
James Boswell, The Life of Samual Johnson LLD
Adhoc, Adlib, Ad Nauseam by John Parker
ISBN 978-1-84024-695-7 summersdale publishers
www.summersdale.com
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