A New Latin Syntax by E. C. Woodcock

William · Post by **William** » Mon May 23, 2005 12:57 pm

Hello all!

Are any of you acquainted with the above book? I saw it on Amazon and thought it looked interesting. Have any of you used it? I want to make sure it's worth it before I spend $30 on it.

Thanks in advance.

William

benissimus · Post by **benissimus** » Mon May 23, 2005 1:29 pm

It is an interesting read. It is really more of a treatise on Latin syntax, classical and historical, than a reference though, so that may influence your decision on whether or not to buy it. I haven't gone through the whole thing so I can't say any more than that (and perhaps shouldn't have even said that!).

whiteoctave · Post by **whiteoctave** » Mon May 23, 2005 2:48 pm

it is a remarkably accurate and succinct work, notable and laudable for its appreciation of the value of a diachronic approach to Latin.

~D

Deses · Post by **Deses** » Mon May 23, 2005 3:21 pm

The book provides ample examples of syntactic constructions (as a matter of fact, it even gives translations of most sentences). It may not be a reference, but a it sure is a cornucopia.

William · Post by **William** » Mon May 23, 2005 5:58 pm

Thank you for those very excellent responses. I'm definitely going to get it.

Thanks again,
William

Carola · Post by **Carola** » Mon May 23, 2005 10:38 pm

Looks like you have already been convinced Wiiliam! I have been using for the last few years of Latin (for a BA) and totally agree with the other posts on this topic - you can't do without it.
The other book I must get is L R Palmer's The Latin Language, I have read it at the library and it goes into the language history, plus a lot about style of authors etc.

Deses · Post by **Deses** » Mon May 23, 2005 11:49 pm

Carola wrote: The other book I must get is L R Palmer's The Latin Language, I have read it at the library and it goes into the language history, plus a lot about style of authors etc.

Palmer's book is available free at netlibrary.com. The membership is free if you have a library card issued by any of the participating public libraries. There are a few other books on Latin there.

William · Post by **William** » Tue May 24, 2005 12:53 am

Carola, hello!

I read the first few pages of E.C.W.'s book online and was intrigued enough to ask about it, so I only needed a little push to go for it. Thank you kindly for the tip on L R Palmer's book, too. I'm going to take a look for that one as well.

William

Carola · Post by **Carola** » Wed May 25, 2005 1:20 am

Deses wrote:
Palmer's book is available free at netlibrary.com. The membership is free if you have a library card issued by any of the participating public libraries. There are a few other books on Latin there.

I would imagine my Adelaide (Australia) library card isn't on their list! However I will have a look - maybe they do know we exist!

I am still going to buy the Palmer - until someone invents a really good electronic book reader (and goodness knows why they haven't - I'm beginning to see a conspiracy theory here! The book publishers and forestry industry!). Trying to hold my laptop up while I read in bed is a tricky exercise.