The classic text for the intermediate-level student of Latin.
Originally intended by Professor Frederic M. Wheelock as a sequel to
Wheelock's Latin, his classic introductory Latin textbook,
Wheelock's Latin Reader, newly revised and updated by Richard A. LaFleur, is the ideal text for any intermediate-level Latin course. You'll find a rich selection of prose and poetry from a wide range of classical authors, as well as briefer passages from medieval and Late Latin writers, each presented in the Latin in which it was originally written.
Useful features include extensive notes; a complete Latin-English vocabulary; maps of ancient Italy, Greece, and the Roman Empire; and numerous photographs illustrating aspects of classical culture, mythology, and history featured in the readings.
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An asterisk (*) preceding an entry marks a word that occurs five or more times in the book; such words should be memorized. As an aid to learning the meanings of compound words, verbs in particular, a hyphen has generally been used to separate the prefix from the root word; e.g., the entry ab-e
is employed for abe
= ab + e
, “to go away from.” Words adequately defined in the text, including the occasional Greek word and many proper nouns, are not included in the following list. The abbreviations ML and EL are employed, respectively, for Medieval Latin and Ecclesiastical La...
Table of contents
Epigraph
Contents
Preface
Maps
Cicero’s Orations against Verres
Cicero’s Letters
Cicero’s Philosophica
Livy’s History of Rome
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Pliny’s Letters
The Vulgate
Medieval Latin
Bibliography
Abbreviations
Latin-English Vocabulary
About the Authors
The Wheelock’s Latin Series
Copyright
About the Publisher
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