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Collins GEM Dictionary. Latin – English/English – Latin

This dictionary is a new publication in a series which has until now been limited to the modern languages. Its purpose is somewhat different from that of the others, the same as the uses of Latin differs from those of French, German, Italian and Spanish. There are two main reasons for learning Latin. One is to read the best in the literature of the Romans. The other is to understand the Latin basis of many modern languages as the extensive Latin element still survives in the terminology of historians, lawyers and scientists. Latin is a language with a relatively small vocabulary. Many words have to carry a wide range of meanings. Where the range of meanings is unusually complicated, these have been arranged in groups and numbered 1, 2, 3, etc.