Latin-online-art - 6/1/99

"Learning Latin On-Line" by Gunnora Hallakarva. Resources on the World-Wide-Web useful in learning Latin.

NOTE: See also the files: Latin-msg, literacy-msg, languages-msg, 
universities-msg.

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Learning Latin On-Line
   by Gunnora Hallakarva

There are a number of resources on the World Wide Web that can help one in
learning Latin.

I'd tend to state that the serious student should still endeavor to
purchase a high-school or college-level Latin textbook, as well as a basic
Latin dictionary.  These, plus the on-line resources, should allow one to
learn the language.

Latin, unlike most languages that are learned today, is no longer a spoken
language.  The forms and structures have been encoded, transmitted and
taught for hundreds of years, and the whole process has been refined to the
point that Latin is one of the easiest langauges to learn, especially for
any person who speaks a modern variant on the Romance Languages (Romanian,
Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and even English, which has a lot of
words via medieval French).

One of the benefits to English-speakers is that even a single year of Latin
classes will build vocabulary.  Studies have shown repeatedly that students
who have taken a single year of Latin score much higher on the linguistic
section of any standardized tests, such as the PSAT, SAT, or ACT.

GENERAL BACKGROUND FOR LATIN:
Problems with Using Dictionaries and Latin Vocabulary
http://www.middlebury.edu/~harris/LatinBackground/VocabandDictionaries.html

Essays Providing a Background for Learning Latin
http://www.middlebury.edu/~harris/SubIndex/latinbackg.html

On-Line Course-- Introduction to the Ancient World: Rome
http://www.utexas.edu/courses/rome/
[Understand the world that produced the language]

Why Learn Latin?
http://latin.about.com/library/bldunphy.htm?pid=2785&cob=home

ON-LINE CLASSES:
Links to Correspondence Courses for Latin
http://latin.miningco.com/msub5.htm?pid=2785&cob=home

LATIN-BASED EMAIL LISTS
Turning a very modern technology to the purposes of learning a very old
language...

Latinchat1 - email list conducted all in basic Latin
http://campus.fortunecity.com/athena/300/latinchat-l.html

LatinE - email list conducted all in advanced Latin
http://www.orient.uw.edu.pl/~conradus/docs/nyt.html

Vergil E-Mail List
http://www.virgil.org/mantovano/

The Mining Co's Latin Chattin'  - Links to Still More Latin Lists
http://latin.miningco.com/msub16.htm?pid=2785&cob=home

LANGUAGE PRACTICE:
See the email lists above as well.

Latin Verb Conjugation "Flashcard" Program (Downloadable)
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/7182/latin.html

Baylor University Study Aid for Learning Beginning Latin
http://diogenes.baylor.edu/WWWproviders/thorburn/latinqnahypertext.html

LATIN TEXTS:
Tufts' University Perseus Project -- Latin Texts and English Translations
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Texts/latin_TOC.html
[Includes works by Caesar, Catullus, Cicero, Hirtius, Horace, Livy, Ovid,
Plautus, Servius and Vergil]

Latin Lessons and Excercises in Downloadable PDF Format
http://www.ea.pvt.k12.pa.us/HTM/Programs/Departments/CLASSICS/FirstSteps/Les
sons.htm

Wheelock's Latin Grammar by Frederic M. Wheelock (One of the most-used
college-level Latin texts, it will tie in closely with a number of on-line
Latin lesson plans and excercises)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0064671798/thevikinganswerl/

Workbook for Wheelock's Latin Grammar with Answer Key  by Paul D. Comeau
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0064671712/thevikinganswerl/

Teach Yourself Latin by Gavin Betts (Self-Study Book with the Answers in
the Back)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0844238112/thevikinganswerl/

Latin: an Intensive Course (A Self-Study Text)  by Robert Fleischer
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0520031830/thevikinganswerl/

Latina Pro Populo by Alexander and Nicholas Humez (Learn Latin with Humor)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0316381497/thevikinganswerl/

Latin for Americans, Book I by B.L. Ullman (This is the book I used in high
school)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0026409127/thevikinganswerl/

Medieval Latin Sources, Articles and Texts
http://latin.miningco.com/msub21.htm?pid=2785&cob=home

Bennet's New Latin Grammar by Charles E. Bennett
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0062720171/thevikinganswerl/

Cambridge Latin Course Unit 1 by Ed Phinney
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0521343798/thevikinganswerl/

Cambridge Latin Course Unit 2 by Ed Phinney
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=052134381X/thevikinganswerl/

Ecce Romani Set, Books 1-2 for Younger Latin Students by David M. Tafe
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0801304393/thevikinganswerl/

Ecce Romani Set, Books 3-4 for Younger Latin Students by Gilbert Lawall
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0801304407/thevikinganswerl/

Jenney's First Year Latin by Charles Jenney (A classic for 40 years)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=020508723X/thevikinganswerl/

Jenney's Third Year Latin by Charles Jenney (A classic for 40 years)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0205079563/thevikinganswerl/

Graphic Latin Grammar Reference Cards (Order Set of Four)
http://www.bolchazy.com/cat/graphic.html

Learn Latin (Order the Book)
http://www.commonreader.com/0/0453.html
[A teach-yourself Latin text.]

LATIN TRANSLATIONS:
Tufts' University Perseus Project -- Latin Texts and English Translations
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Texts/latin_TOC.html
[Includes works by Caesar, Catullus, Cicero, Hirtius, Horace, Livy, Ovid,
Plautus, Servius and Vergil]

University of Oregon's Text of Vergil's Aeneid
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~joelja/aeneid.html

LATIN DICTIONARIES AND PARSERS:
Tufts' University Perseus Project -- English to Latin Word-Search Tool
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/enggreek?lang=Latin&type=exact&corpus=R
oman&author=*Roman

Digital Latin Lexicon - 15,000 Words from Cassell's Latin Dictionary
http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~barrette/lexicon.html

The Hard Little Words: Prepositions, Adverbs, Conjunctions (With Some
Definitions of Medieval Usage)
http://www.georgetown.edu/irvinemj/classics203/resources/latin.lex

Latin Dictionary Search Tool
http://lysy2.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/words.pl
[Input the Latin word to get back an English equivalent.  Based on about
17000 and their various endings.  Especially useful as it will find words
no matter what their ending, unlike a standard dictionary where you have to
know the nominative form for nouns and the 1st person sigular form for
verbs.]

Notre Dame Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid Search Tool
http://www.nd.edu/~archives/latgramm.htm
[Latin to English, separate entry fields for word stem and ending]

A Latin Dictionary for the Works of Saxo Grammaticus
http://www.rostra.dk/latin/saxo.html
[Saxo wrote "Gesta Danorum" an early history of the Danes including quite a
bit of Viking myth and legend.  The Latin here will all be medieval Latin,
not classical Roman Latin.]

Latin Grammar and Vocabulary Help for use with Wheelock's Latin Text
http://www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/languages/gr-helps.html

The Humanists Latin Dictionary by William Harris, PhD
http://www.centaursystems.com/x_hld.html
[A downloadable Latin translation program demo.  Can be quite useful to the
Latin student.]

LATIN GRAMMAR:
Grammar Aid - What Do All Those Grammatical Terms Mean, Anyway?
http://georgetown.edu/irvinemj/classics203/resources/latgramm.aid
[If you don't know nominative from numerical, preposition from predicate,
this is a guide showing English examples of these constructions to make
learning Latin grammar easier.]

Latin Grammar (Ohio Stat University)
http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~econrad/lang/latin.html

Allen and Greenough Latin Grammar (Tufts University)
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/text?lookup=ag+gram.+toc

The Intelligent Person's Guide to Latin Grammar
http://www.middlebury.edu/~harris/Classics/LatinGrammarI.html

Situs Grammaticus - Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Latin Endings
But Were Afraid to Ask
http://latin.miningco.com/library/blending.htm?pid=2785&cob=home

Latin Grammar FAQ
http://latin.miningco.com/library/blending.htm?pid=2785&cob=home

Notre Dame Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid Search Tool
http://www.nd.edu/~archives/latgramm.htm
[Latin to English, separate entry fields for word stem and ending]

Latin Grammar and Vocabulary Help for use with Wheelock's Latin Text
http://www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/languages/gr-helps.html

Baylor University Study Aid for Learning Beginning Latin
http://diogenes.baylor.edu/WWWproviders/thorburn/latinqnahypertext.html

Ludus Antiquae Romae
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/9183/

Mnemonic Devices for the Latin Classroom
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/Anthology/Pav/Classics/Mnemonics.html
[Ways to remember all those difficult grammar rules!]

OTHER LINKS:
Links to Vergil and Aeneid Topics
http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~dcramer/Latin312K2.html

Mining Co's Latin Links
http://latin.miningco.com/

Kalendarium Romanum
http://www.clubs.psu.edu/aegsa/rome/romec.html
[Determining dates by the Roman calendar]

Latin Electronic Thesaurus Project
http://www.cs.usask.ca/faculty/devito/e-TLL/index.html

Roots of English Etymological Dictionary
http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/showcase/roots.html
[Learn Latin roots for common English words.]

Assorted Mottoes In Latin
http://www.geocities.com/~stilicho/mottoes2.html

More Links to Latin Phrases, Quotes, Proverbs, and Mottoes
http://latin.miningco.com/msub24.htm?pid=2785&cob=home

This should serve as an excellent starting point for those wishing to learn
Latin themselves.

Gunnora Hallakarva
Baroness to the Court of Ansteorra

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Copyright 1999 by Gunnora Hallakarva, 10408-A Little Pebble Drive,
Austin, TX 78758. <gunnora@bga.com>. Permission granted for
republication in SCA-related publications, provided author is credited
and receives a copy.

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