Latin forms of address : from Plautus to Apuleius / Eleanor Dickey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dickey, Eleanor, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin language--Address, Forms of.

Latin language.

Forms of address--Rome.

Forms of address.

Latin language--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 414 p. ) ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How did Romans address their children, their parents, their slaves and their patrons? This text questions a body of addresses spanning four centuries and drawn from a variety of sources.

Contents:

INTRODUCTION; PART I. ADDRESSES; 1. Names; 2. Titles; 3. Kinship Terms; 4. Terms of Endearment, Affection, and Esteem; 5. Insults; 6. Other Addresses; 7. The Use of mi and o; II. INTERACTIONS; 8. Addresses between Known People without any Special Attachment to One Another; 9. Addresses to Strangers and Nameless Characters; 10. Addresses between Relatives; 11. Addresses between Spouses and Others with a Romantic Interest; 12. Addresses to Groups; 13. Addresses to and from Non-Humans

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2002.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 376-392) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-03776-0

9786611341671

1-281-34167-3

1-280-44654-4

9786610446544

0-19-155391-3

OCLC:

476260162