The complete idiot's guide to learning Latin
Book - 2006
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Indianapolis, IN :
Alpha Books
c2006.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- 3rd ed
- Physical Description
- xx, 378 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes index.
- ISBN
- 9781592575343
- Part 1. Frequently Asked Questions
- 1. Why Learn Latin?
- Latin-the Bad Boy of Foreign Languages
- Dead but Not Forgotten
- Alumneye or Alumnee?
- Latin Words You Know Already
- 2. What Exactly Is Latin?
- Digging Up Your Indo-European Roots
- Romance Languages
- A Brief History of Rome
- Late Latin
- More Latin Words You Already Know
- Part 2. What's in a Word?
- 3. People, Places, and Things
- First-Declension Feminine Nouns
- Living Things and Their Parts
- Places and Inanimate Things
- The Case of the Life of an Oyster
- Second Declension Masculine and Neuter Nouns
- Living Things and Their Parts-Masculine Nouns
- Places and Things-Masculine Nouns
- Places and Things-Neuter Nouns
- A Quick Summary
- Mouse, Mice; House, Hice? Plurals
- Declensions-It's All Downhill from Here!
- Word Order-the Oyster Elephant's or the Elephant's Oyster?
- And ... Conjunctions!
- 4. What's in a Name? More Nouns
- Third Declension Nouns
- The Third Declension-the I of the Storm
- Fourth and Fifth Declension and "That's All, Folks"
- Names for Men and Those Other People
- 5. Let's Have Some Action
- Words to Be Memorized
- Really Active Verbs
- Slightly More Sedentary Verbs
- Couch Potato Verbs
- Conjugations or the Perfect Marriage
- It's Happening Now!
- To Be or Not To Be Able
- The Goose Is Cooked
- 6. Action Without an Ending-Verbals
- To Be or Not To Be: Infinitives
- First Conjugation Verbs
- Second Conjugation Infinitives
- Third Conjugation Infinitives
- Third -io and Fourth Conjugation Infinitives
- Seeing Is Believing
- Things That Must Be Seen-the Passive Periphrastic
- Reviewing Verbals
- 7. The Good and the Bad-Adjectives and Accusatives
- More Words You Know Already
- No-Brainer Adjectives
- Harder-to-Remember Adjectives
- Irregular Adjectives
- The Most Agreeable Words
- The Goods on Adjectives as Nouns
- Good, Gooder, Goodest-Degrees of Comparison
- I Object! The Accusative Case
- How's That? Questions
- 8. Taking the Place of Nouns-Pronouns
- Words You Yourself Should Know
- First and Second Person Pronouns and Adjectives
- This, That, and Whatever-Third Person Pronouns and Demonstratives
- Reflecting Back: Reflexive Pronouns
- You Can Go Now!
- 9. Where? When? How Many?
- Adverbs
- Easy Adverbs
- When and Where Adverbs
- Tell-Me-How Adverbs
- Adverbs from Adjectives
- Ten Little Carthaginians-Numbers
- A.U.C., B.C., A.D., C.E., and B.C.E.-the Roman Calendar
- Beware the Ides
- The Roman Year
- At Carthage-the Locative Case
- The Last of the Cases
- The Dative Case
- The Ablative Case
- 10. Expanding the Time Frame-Past and Future Tenses
- The Principal Parts of Verbs
- Verbs with Easy Third Principal Parts
- Verbs with Slightly Changed Third Principal Parts
- Verbs with Principal Parts You Really Need to Know
- It's an Imperfect World
- What's in Your Future?
- The Perfect Tenses, Active and Passive
- The Imperative-a Commanding Lead
- Vocative Case and Direct Address
- Study Tips
- Part 3. Expressing Yourself in Latin
- 11. Locutiones-Phrases
- Words Without Which You Cannot Do
- In the Blink of an Eye-Coming or Going?
- Prepositions as Prefixes-Preposterous!
- Hey! Interjections!
- 12. Articuli-Clauses
- Absolutely Necessary Words
- Time for Temporal and Causal Clauses
- The Clause of Much Confusion-Ablative Absolute
- Or ... Deponent Verbs
- More Deponent Verbs
- 13. The Theory of Relative Clauses
- Words That Must Be Learned
- Recognizing Your Relatives
- Whoosier Relative Pronoun?
- Indefinites, Intensives, Interrogatives ... Whatever
- 14. Closing In on Clauses
- Words to Learn in Order to Be Educated
- Let's Get This! The Subjunctive Mood
- Subordinate Conjunctions
- Clauses with a Purpose
- Clauses with a Result
- Clauses of Fear
- When? Why? What If? Clauses
- 15. Simple and Not-So-Simple Sentences
- I Will Learn These Words
- Simple Sentences: I Can Learn Latin
- Interrogative Sentences: Can I Learn Latin?
- Complex Sentences: Although I Am a Complete Idiot, I Can Learn Latin
- 16. Compound Sentences and Beyond
- More Words to Learn and Memorize
- Compound Sentences
- Compound-Complex Sentences
- Indirect Statements
- Indirect Questions
- Indirect Commands
- Part 4. Reading Latin-Selections from Ancient Authors
- 17. Selections from Republican Rome
- Vita Terentii (The Life of Terence)
- My Play! Listen Up!
- The Worried Father
- Caesar: More Than Just a Salad
- The Smart Elks
- Vita Ciceronis (The Life of Cicero)
- Dining Room Scene
- My Sister-in-Law!
- My House!
- 18. Selections from Vitruvius et al
- Vitruvius and His Works
- A Good Law
- The Life of Livy and Selections
- The Life of Pliny and Selections
- How to Catch an Elephant
- The Sad Fate of Oysters
- Fishponds and Showers
- The Fables of Phaedrus
- De Capellis Barbatis (The Nanny Goats and the Beards)
- 19. Look, Ma! I'm Reading Latin!
- Review: Sentences and Cases
- Verb Usage Review
- More Hints for Translating
- Stories to Read in Latin
- Midas
- Biblical Translations
- Psalmus Davidis XXIII
- Psalmus Pro Gratiarum Actione C
- Part 5. Coping with Latin in the Modern World
- 20. Legal Latin
- Words to Learn or Learn Again
- Legal Latin Terms and What They Mean
- Latin in Your Law-School Papers
- Sayings and Quotations About the Law
- Ancient Roman Law
- 21. Medical and Scientific Latin
- Rx for Understanding Your Doctor
- Reading Those Prescriptions
- At the Zoo
- Flower Stories
- The Medical World of the Romans
- 22. Late Latin and Church Latin
- Verba Sancta: Words of the Church Fathers
- St. Augustine's Confessions
- Verba Sancta: Words of the Church
- Biblical Latin
- Music Sacred and Profane
- 23. Live! From Ancient Rome!
- Latin in the Federal Government
- State Mottoes
- University Mottoes
- Quotations on Human Failings
- Quotations on Human Virtues
- Words to Live By
- Snappy Comebacks
- Part 6. Grammar Workbook
- 24. Workbook I: Working With Nouns and Verbs
- Working With Nouns and Pronouns
- Grammar Review
- Vocabulary Review
- Translation Practice
- Working With Verbs and Verbals
- Grammar Review
- Vocabulary Practice
- Translation Practice
- 25. Workbook II: Adjective, Adverb, and Advanced Verb Work
- Working With Adjectives, Adverbs, and Verb Tenses
- Adjectives and Adverbs Grammar Review
- Vocabulary Review
- Working With Tenses of Verbs
- Verb Tense Grammar Review
- Vocabulary Practice
- Translation Work
- 26. Workbook III: Working With the Remaining Parts of Speech and Other Complexities
- Working With Phrases and Clauses
- Phrases and Clauses Grammar Review
- Phrases and Clauses Vocabulary Review
- Translation Practice
- Working With the Subjunctive and More Clauses
- Grammar Review
- Vocabulary Review for Chapters 14 Through 16
- Translation Practice
- Appendixes
- A. Vocabulary Lists
- B. Grammar Summary
- C. Selections from Latin Authors Often Used in Traditional Curriculum
- D. Answer Keys
- Index