A Primer of Botanical Latin With Vocabulary
ISBN: 9781107693753 | 1107693756
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
Pub. Date: 5/31/2013
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Latin is one of two acceptable languages for describing new plants, and taxonomists must be able to translate earlier texts in Latin. Providing a simple explanation of Latin grammar along with an in-depth vocabulary, this is an indispensable guide for systematic botanists worldwide. All relevant parts of speech are discussed, with accompanying examples as well as worked exercises for translating diagnoses and descriptions to and from Latin. Guidelines for forming specific epithets are also included. The authors cross-reference their grammar to ... MORE
| Dedication | |
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| Introduction | |
| Grammar: | |
| The noun | |
| The adjective and the participle | |
| The adverb | |
| The preposition | |
| The conjunction | |
| The pronoun | |
| The verb | |
| Numerals, measurements | |
| Prefixes a... MORE | |
| Miscellany | |
| Exercises in Translation: | |
| Exercises | |
| Answers to the exercises | |
| Translating: | |
| Translating into Latin | |
| Translating from Latin into English | |
| Vocabulary: References | |
| Further reading | |
| Index | |
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