A Dictionary of Latin Phrases

William Robertson. A Dictionary of Latin Phrases; comprehending A Methodical Digest of the Various Phrases from the Best Authors, which have been Collected in All Phraseological Works hitherto Published, for the more speedy Progress of Students in Latin Composition. London: Valpy, 1824. – 1028 p.Robertson's Latin Phrase Book having been long out of print and become scarce, many eminent teachers of the classics have expressed a desire to see a new and improved edition. That there was ample room for improvement is obvious on the slightest inspection of the old work. The English is obsolete, the arrangement confused, the order of printing such as to render it difficult for consultation or reference, the redundancies so numerous as to increase most unnecessarily and seriously the bulk of the volume, and much of the Latin drawn from barbarous sources.