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Writing Latin

Name: Writing Latin
ISBN: 9781472502773

James Morwood,

Richard Ashdowne,

192 pages
English
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eBook - PDF

Writing Latin

James Morwood,

Richard Ashdowne,

About this book

A completely new guide to writing Latin from scratch, this user-friendly book includes key features such as:
broad coverage - all the major grammatical constructions of the Latin language are covered, reinforcing what students have learnt from reading Latin;
thorough accessible explanations - no previous experience of writing in Latin assumed;
hundreds of examples - clear accurate illustrations of the constructions described, all with full translations;
over six hundred practice sentences - graduated exercises leading students through three levels of difficulty from elementary to advanced level;
introduction to Latin word order - a brief guide to some of the most important principles;
and, longer passages for practising continuous prose composition - more challenging passages to stretch the most able students. It also includes features such as:
commentaries on examples of Latin prose style - passages from great Latin prose writers focus attention on imitating real Latin usage;
and, complete list of vocabulary - all the words needed for the exercises and a valuable reference for English-Latin work in general.

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Publisher

Year

Print ISBN

eBook ISBN

Edition

Topic

Languages & Linguistics

Subtopic

Ancient Languages

Index

Languages & Linguistics

Writing 

Latin 

186

reported 

speech 

(‘oratio 

obliqua’) 

104–7

,

128, 

134

main 

clauses: 

statements

58–61

,

66,

104

questions

64–6

,

104

commands

69–71

,

104, 

138, 

144–5, 

150

subordinate 

clauses

104–

7

,

138

result 

(‘consecutive’) 

clauses 

30,

96–7

,

113

rhetorical 

questions 

66

,

143–4 

rogo

2,

71

rus

2,

16,

17

se,

suus

50–1

,

56,

59,

96,

104, 

117, 

138

secondary 

sequence, 

see

past 

sequence 

secundus

156

self 

50,

54

semideponent 

verbs 

75

separation 

11

sequence 

of

tenses

43–6

,

65,

104–7, 

143

seu, 

siue

92

,

128

si

55,

90–3

,

138

sic

97

sicubi

55,

92

sicut

101–2

similis

8

simul 

ac,

simul 

atque

80–1

sin

92

sine

10,

33

singuli

141, 

157

siue

,

see

seu

some 

52–3 

space 

18

spero

60

,

138

studeo

4,

109

suadeo

4,

71,

145

subjunctive 

43–6 

in

main 

clauses: 

jussive

69

,

135, 

141

deliberative 

questions

65

wishes

69

in

subordinate 

clauses: 

sequence 

of

tenses

43,

45–6

,

65

result 

clauses

96

relative 

clauses 

29–30 

subordinate 

clauses 

in

reported 

speech 

104–7

,

138

sum

1,

3,

5,

8,

11,

21,

23,

92,

112–13, 

126, 

141

sunt 

qui

30,

53

summus

17

superlatives 

27,

55–6 

supine: 

in

future 

inﬁnitive

60

expressing 

purpose

88

suus

,

see

se

talis

28,

97

tam

97

tamen

84

,

100, 

126

tamquam

101–2

tantus

28,

97

tell 

70

temporal 

clauses, 

see

time 

clauses 

tense, 

see

under 

individual 

tenses

time: 

when, 

at

which

11,

14–

15

,

158

within 

which

11,

15

how

long

2,

15

how

often

16,

156–7 

time 

clauses 

80–4 

timeo

116–17 

too

30,

127

topic 

123–4 

tot

28,

97

totie(n)s

28,

97

towns, 

see

names 

transitive 

verbs 

74,

112–13 

tricolon 

129

tu

49

tum

14,

83

ubi

18,

29,

55,

63,

80–1, 

140

ubique

18

-ue

125, 

128

uel

128

uelut

92,

101–2

,

141

uereor

117

uero

127

ueto

70

uir

124

uix

55

ullus

55

,

61,

86,

127

umquam

16,

55

,

86,

92

unde

18,

29,

63

unfulﬁlled 

conditions, 

see

hypothetical 

conditions 

unless, 

see

if

uolo

43

uos

49

usquam

55

,

86

ut

:

purpose 

clauses

86–7 

indirect 

commands

69–71 

result 

clauses

96–7 

comparative 

clauses

101–

2

fear 

clauses

117

time 

clauses

80–1 

uter

63

uterque

56

utinam

69

utpote

100

utrum

64–5

value 

8

verbs: 

intransitive 

etc. 

see

intransitive 

etc. 

vocative 

1

whether 

65,

93

wishes 

69

without 

10,

33,

113, 

120

word 

order 

27,

123–30

Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
About this book
Use of the cases I
Use of the cases II
Time, place and space
Participles
Relative clauses
Prepositions
Use of tenses
Pronouns
Reported statements
Questions
Commands
Verbs
Time clauses
Purpose clauses
Conditionals
Result clauses
Because, although, as if
Reported speech
Gerunds and gerundives
Verbs of fearing
quin and quominus
Word order
Latin prose style
Longer passages
Numbers and dates
The top Latin irregular verbs
English – Latin vocabulary
Index

About this book

Frequently asked questions

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Table of contents