Latin Synonyms for Language Lovers: A Select Thesaurus

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By Christine Meyer ’80

Published Jan. 21, 2016

(Bolchazy-Carducci) This book is a resource for those wanting to encourage students to engage with Latin as a living language by speaking, listening, and composing in Latin. It contains listings of synonyms grouped by English definitions and parts of speech. Each entry offers multiple Latin vocabulary options with their own specific definitions to allow students to select the best word and to differentiate between similar words. Meyer teaches high school Latin and English in Pennsylvania and she serves as an officer of the Philadelphia Classical Society.

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