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Wheelock's Latin: The Classic Introductory Latin Course, Based on Ancient Authors | Frederic M. Wheelock, Richard A. LaFleur | The definitive guide to Latin
 
 


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Wheelock's Latin: The Classic Introductory Latin Course, Based on Ancient Authors
Frederic M. Wheelock, Richard A. LaFleur

HarperCollins, 2000 - 560 pages

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Your vini, vidi, vici in Latin.

Wheelock's Latin is simply the best available Latin Grammar written for the English student in the States and abroad. You will get all your money's worth back in the form of a concise but precise history of the Latin language, from where it comes in the Indo-european family of languages, and its parenthood to the so-called Romance languages (as an add-on, you can learn some Italian, Spanish and French, too), its presence in modern English, and also four very interesting black and white maps of Roman expansion trough Europe, Africa and Asia Minor, additioned to the original book by Mr.Richard LaFleur, the editor of this 6th and pretty modern and elegant edition. Wheelock's Latin is, in fact, a phenomenon and a landmark not only in terms of its sales numbers but also as a basis for the creation of a Latin true book market, given the huge quantity of books and books of exercices that were created or inspired and have developed since the book was first published, in order to fulfill the amazing demand created by it.

At Wheelock's you learn Latin step by step, having as your teacher, an attentive master, who knows the best path to the learning of the language of Horace, Cicero and Virgil and others (sure, they and many others are all there, with texts progressively adapted according to the level of proficiency of the student). Latin sentences to be translated into English and the other way around abound, with all the necessary vocabulary listed before the exercises. If more is needed, the student is helped by a very good glossary at the end of the book, where all the words are listed in alphabetical order and according to Latin use of the nominative and genitive cases in the case of nouns and adjectives, and, in the case of verbs, with verbs listed in alphabetical order, in the Latin way, e.g., (amo, as, are, atum). Keys to the exercises are also presented in the end of the book, thus facilitating your doing of your Latin homework workload.

The book begins with the conjugation of the verbs in the first regular conjugation and proceeds till the 4th regular conjugation and then the student is presented to the passive forms of the regular conjugations, the irregular ones, the semi-deponents and , finally, the deponents verbs, a very Latinian form of conjugation. Along the way, he/she is presented to the important concept of declensions, used in the so-called synthetic languages (Greek, Russian, German, for instance) being gradually introduced to the "conjugations" of nouns, adjectives and numerals in Latin. All this, as I said, nice and easily, learning a lot of useful things along the way.

I could imagine of no better Latin grammar for the student of English nowadays and I hope you enjoy its reading and exercises as much as I did. Valete!!


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The definitive guide to Latin

This book seems to be the definitive guide to Latin, and rightfully so. Mr. Wheelock does a great job of presenting the language in a logical and exciting way. His use of speeches, stories, and quotes from ancient authors make learning Latin exciting. Make no mistake about it, Latin is a complicated and often difficult language, but Mr. Wheelock walks you through everything step by step. One of the greatest advantages of using this book is the tremendous amount of books, study guides, and on-line resources that are designed to aid you with Wheelock's Latin. So you will never end up being lost without having somewhere to turn for additional help. The only flaw in this book is the lack of an answer key for the quotes at the end of each chapter.

Homo doctus in se semper divitias habet


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Good beginning...

This book offers the beginning Latinist a nice walk-through of grammar and vocabulary. It is especially appropriate for students who are tackling Latin on their own as it includes some exercises that have keys in the back. It also includes some basic vocabulary to help students in their readings of the text.
However, this book would not be the best choice for someone who is trying to learn as much Latin as possible in a short period of time.
For someone serious about the study of Latin (and who is able to take some time with the language) this book will provide a solid foundation!


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methodical and useful

Contains lots of useful examples, chapters are in workable chunks, and the workbook is a good companion as well. For going it alone, without a teacher, this is a good text.


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