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Via Latin book

LATINE DISCE Webdominus — Sat, 17 May 2025 11:49:41 GMT

I'm reading Via Laltina book written by María Luisa Aguilar y Jorge Tárrega (Cultura Clásica Ediciones, 2022)

Later will follow a review.

Advent begins

LATINE DISCE Webdominus — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 14:28:34 GMT

Today Advent begins (from Latin adventus, adventus (arrival; Advent)), fourth declension

Listen to this Christmas carol:

Veni, veni, Emmanuel

Veni, veni, Emmanuel
Captivum solve Israel,
Qui gemit in exsilio,
Privatus Dei Filio.

Gaude, Gaude, Emmanuel
Nascetur pro te, Israel.

Veni, O Iesse virgula,
ex hostis tuos ungula,
de spectu tuos tartari
educ et antro barathri.

Gaude, gaude Emmanuel
Nascetur pro te, Israel.

Veni, veni O Oriens,
Solare nos adveniens,
Noctis depelle nebulas,
Dirasque mortis tenebras.

Gaude, gaude Emmanuel
Nascetur pro te Israel.

Veni, Clavis Davidica,
Regna reclude caelica,
Fac iter tutum superum,
Et claude vias inferum.

Gaude, gaude Emmanuel
Nascetur pro te Israel.

Veni, veni, Adonai,
Qui populo in Sinai
Legem dedisti vertice
In maiestate gloriae.

Gaude, gaude Emmanuel
Nascetur pro te Israel.

New: you can choose the order of cases in the exercises about nouns and pronouns

LATINE DISCE Webdominus — Sun, 20 Oct 2024 19:54:58 GMT

Now you can select the order of the cases in the exercises for practising the declension of nouns and pronouns:

traditional or greek: No-Ge-Da-Ac-Vo-Ab
modern or reformed: No-Vo-Ac-Ge-Da-Ab
random: perhaps the most interesting once you know the declensions

About the case ordering

LATINE DISCE Webdominus — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 18:24:04 GMT

There are two ways for the case ordering of the Latin declension.

traditional: No-Ge-Da-Ac-Vo-Ab used since Antiquity and copied from Greek (which has not ablative)
modern or reformed: used since the XIX century in Denmark and from there to other countries

The advantage of modern ordering is that shows the cases that have the same form together. This is better for learning.

How to learn Latin?

LATINE DISCE Webdominus — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 20:54:57 GMT

I recommend the method LINGVA LATINA PER SE ILLVSTRATA for learning Latin. The first part of this method is called Familia Romana. You learn Latin in a natural way. A highly recommended book.

The essential books are:

Familia Romana: textbook in Latin
Latine disco I: guide in Spanish explaining each chapter of the Familia Romana
Exercitia latina I: aditional exercises

Also very useful:

Morfología latina y diccionario (in Spanish)
Audios

More information in this web:Cultura Clásica Ediciones

Audios can be heard on YouTube: Series "Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata" | Familia Romana por ScorpioMartianus

What could be enhanced in Familia Romana?

more variety of exercises
the answers of the exercises
~~audios should be included with the textbook: CD or download~~

Familia Romana Audio files can be downloaded from the following website, at the Audios Familia Romana link:

https://sites.google.com/view/culturaclasicaediciones/home/lingua-latina/profesorado

Why learn Latin?

LATINE DISCE Webdominus — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 19:52:58 GMT

The main reason for learning Latin is to be able to read the original sources in Latin. Sometimes it does not exist a translation in our language or it is not a good one or is a translation of a translation. So Latin is useful for historians, philosophers, philologists. A high level of Latin is required.

Latin is also useful for:

students of Medicine, Zoology, Botany; a basic level is just enought
for learning romance languages; even for English, a language that does not come from Latin, because a lot of words come from Latin
it is a good mental exercise, learning any language it is so

Finally you can learn Latin because you find it interesting o just like it.

What is new on the web

LATINE DISCE Webdominus — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 21:46:17 GMT

New features added to this web:

Dictionary: added transitivity of the verb (50% done)
Vocabulary test: added chapter of Familia Romana at configuration
Vocabulary exercise: added chapter of Familia Romana at configuration
Exercise about verbs: added chapter of Familia Romana at configuration

Latin Dictionary by Julián Peña

LATINE DISCE Webdominus — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 21:40:42 GMT

Let me introduce you the Latin Dictionary by Julián Peña:

Download Latin Dictionary DUX eskola-hiztegia

It is a Latin Dictionary for the school with translations into euskara and Spanish. It has 6,000 words. It is a PDF, it is free and you can download it and print it freely.

I hope you like it

Many thanks to Julián Peña, for the work done.

New exercise to practice the conjugation of the verbs

LATINE DISCE Webdominus — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 19:10:59 GMT

There is a new exercise to practice the conjugation of a selection of verbs. There is a verb of each regular conjugation, deponent verbs and some irregular verbs.

New exercise about verbs

LATINE DISCE Webdominus — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 15:58:42 GMT

There is a new exercise about verbs. You must write in Latin the next verb forms:

First person singular of the present indicative active
Present active infinitive
Perfect active infinitive
Perfect passive participle or supine

In the exercise of vocabulary, and when you have selected verbs, only the infinitive will be requested.