How long does it take to read Latin for All Occasions?
Latin for All Occasions by Henry Beard takes about 1 hour 40 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 40 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1990. 91 pages, about 25,025 words.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 40 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 3 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A new edition of Henry Beard’s bestselling classics Latin for All Occasions and Latin for Even More Occasions—now updated and available together for the first time ever in paperback!Who says Latin is a dead language? Latin for All Occasions and Latin for Even More Occasions have helped scores of readers harness the language of Caesar and Cicero to turn ordinary remarks into timeless utterances. Impress your boss with Lingua Latina Occupationi (Occupational Latin); flirt with your classics professor with Lingua Latina Libidinosa (Sensual Latin); look like the hipster you are with Lingua Latina Popularis (Pop-Cultural Latin); survive holidays with the family with Lingua Latina Domestica (Familial Latin) and Lingua Latina Festiva (Celebrational Latin).Here are hundreds of useful expressions rendered into grammatically accurate classical Latin— with a foolproof pronunciation guide—all in one handy volume. Whether you are a student of the language or just want to talk like one, Latin for All Occasions is guaranteed to help you delight your friends (wittily), insult your enemies (fearlessly) and elevate the public discourse.
Subjects: Conversation and phrase books, English, Humor, Humor (Nonfiction), Nonfiction, Latin (Langue)
