Latin 1006 Resource Page

 

    This page is designed to help students who are taking Latin 1006 by correspondence through Acadia University.  The links below are placed into different categories, and each link is accompanied by an explanation of what is contained in the link.   There will, of course, be overlap in the material in each section.

                    I. Online Exercises Specifically for Wheelock's Latin

                    II. Assorted Vocabulary Exercises

                    III.  Assorted Grammar Exercises

                    IV. Spoken Latin

                    V.  Latin Texts

                    VI. Online Dictionaries

                    VII.  Miscellaneous Links

 

I. Online Exercises Specifically for Wheelock's Latin

http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/latin/wheelock/    (This is an excellent chapter by chapter review of the material.)

http://www.languages.uncc.edu/classics/latin/tutorial_realaudio.htm#Vocabulary   (Listen to what Latin sounds like [and it isn't as bad as the disclaimer would lead you to believe].  There are occasionally problems with access to the audio files.)

http://www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Wheelock-Latin/   (A study guide to Wheelock's Latin - save your money and use it online.)

http://omega.cohums.ohio-state.edu/latin/wheelock.htm   (Self-tests for many of the chapters.)

http://www.quia.com/pages/wheelock.html   (A matching game, concentration, word search, and flashcards for each chapter!)

http://cheiron.humanities.mcmaster.ca/latin/   (Contains flashcards, drills, and other very useful resources for helping get the fundamentals down.)

http://www.quia.com/pages/wh2001gold.html   (Matching and flashcard exercises for all chapters of Wheelock's.)

http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/Ilaria_Marchesi/text/list_exercises.htm   (Exercises on vocabulary, declensions, and conjugations.)

http://www.ravensanctuary.com/latin/   (Vocabulary and grammar flashcards for the first eighteen chapters of Wheelock's.)

 

 

II. Assorted Vocabulary Exercises

http://www.flashcardexchange.com/directory.php?id=1157   (The Flashcard Exchange.  A large number of different cards to enhance your vocabulary)

http://www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/languages/classical/latin/tchmat/wh-prax.html#35   (Various exercises and discussions of grammar and syntax.  It is an exhaustive site that is indexed with Wheelock's Latin chapters.)

http://www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/languages/classical/latin/tchmat/gr-helps.html   (Tables for nouns, verbs, adjectives, and other links.)

http://www.class.uidaho.edu/luschnig/Latin%20Vocab/Index.htm   (Lists of vocabulary with sections on prefixes, noun formation, verb formation, and adjective formation.)

http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/gretaham/Teaching/latin101/vocab.htm#c7   (Wheelock's vocabulary by chapter for chapters one through twenty-two.)

http://www.cambridgescp.com/publications/pd_downloads/pd_d_intro.html  (An online vocabulary tester that can also be downloaded, plus a downloadable dictionary from the Cambridge Latin Course website.)

http://www.dl.ket.org/cgi-pub/foxweb.exe/Link@/db/pub/pub?folderid=521  (Games from Ecce Romani including matching, jumbles, and hangman!)

http://www.cnr.edu/home/bmcmanus/vocab1-4.html   (Vocabulary quizzes for the beginner.)

http://www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/languages/classical/latin/tchmat/rud.html   (Build your vocabulary with these fun flash movies.)

 

 

III.  Assorted Grammar Exercises

http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/latin/index.htm   (Practice your conjugations and declensions.)

http://www.languages.uncc.edu/classics/latin/glossary.htm  (A glossary of grammar and syntax.)

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0001&layout=&loc=&query=toc   (Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar.  This is an excellent grammar for those nearing the end of the course and looking for more detailed information than is in Wheelock.)

http://www.hhhh.org/perseant/libellus/aides/allgre/allgre.contents.html   (Another online AGNLG.)

http://www.umsl.edu/~phillips/oldrills/index.html  (Drills for the Oxford Latin Course, but still quite helpful.)

http://www.textkit.com/latin_grammar.php   (A number of Latin and grammars and readers, complete and downloadable.)

 

 

IV. Spoken Latin

http://www.languages.uncc.edu/classics/latin/perseus/perseus_texts.htm   (There are four different readings which include audio [which is difficult to download at times], translations, notes on the text, and vocabulary for the text.  Good stuff!)

http://thereeds.dyndns.org/latin/pronunciation/chapter2/   (Some of the exercise from chapter 2 read aloud.)

http://www.utexas.edu/courses/cc303/sounds/   (Some basic pronunciations.)

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics/poetry_and_prose/poetry.html  ( A GREAT page, full of Latin audio files!)

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics/poetry_and_prose/tarrant.catul.5.html   (Catullus 5 in Latin.   'Let us live, Lesbia, and let us love.')

http://dekart.f.bg.ac.yu/~vnedeljk/VV/   (Recitations of Catullus, Ovid, Horace, Martial, Juvenal, with text and notes on metres....what else could you want?)

http://wiredforbooks.org/aeneid/   (The complete reading of Vergil's Aeneid, Book IV.)

http://www.yleradio1.fi/nuntii   (Nuntii Latini.  Read current events in Latin while listening to the recitation.)

http://ephemeris.alcuinus.net   (Another Latin 'newspaper' full of current events reported in an ancient language.)

 

 

V.  Latin Texts

http://www.mythfolklore.net/proverbs/index.htm   (An interesting page of 1000 Latin proverbs, increasing in difficulty, with vocabulary included)

http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/   (A large online archive of Latin texts)

http://www.forumromanum.org/literature/index.html   (Another VERY large archive of Latin texts.)

http://www.textkit.com/title.php   (Classical e-books.  These titles are in English, not Latin.)

http://dekart.f.bg.ac.yu/~vnedeljk/TL/   (Tolle, lege!  These are easier stories for practice in reading.)

http://www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/languages/classical/latin/tchmat/readrs.html   (A large number of Latin texts for those who have a good grip on the basics.)

http://classics.mit.edu/   (A large selection of translated literature.)

http://www.hhhh.org/perseant/libellus/   (Project Libellus.  A nice selection of Latin authors at this site.)

 

 

VI. Online Dictionaries

http://www.math.ubc.ca/people/faculty/cass/frivs/latin/latin-dict-full.html   (Bill Casselman's Latin Dictionary.  It does not have a search engine, but can be searched with the 'find on this page' feature of Explorer.)

http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Latin/   (A searchable Latin - English dictionary.)

http://freedict.com/onldict/lat.html   (A searchable online dictionary.  The Latin - English works well, but the English - Latin should be used with caution.)

http://users.erols.com/whitaker/wordsdoc.htm   (WORDS 1.97.   A downloadable Latin-English dictionary.  A little more complicated than necessary, but interesting.)

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/resolveform?db=ls&display=&lang=la   (Lewis & Short Online.   A very valuable reference for those who do not want to pay $150 for a dictionary.)

http://www.ucc.uconn.edu/~hasenfra/wLatin.html   (Lingua Latina.  A downloadable program for translation.)

 

 

VII.  Miscellaneous Links

http://ace.acadiau.ca/arts/classics/home.htm   (The homepage of the Classics Department at Acadia University.)

http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/index.html   (A massive collection of images of Roman and Greek coins.)

http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/general_contents.html   (Maecenas: Images of Greece and Rome.  A collection of wonderful pictures.)

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/latinverse.htm  (Some introductory notes on the metres of Latin poetry.)

http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/roman/number.htm   (A fun little interactive site on Roman numerals.)

http://www.dalton.org/groups/rome/./RMap.html  (A map of the Roman Empire.  You can click on the provinces and you will get tons of good links.)

http://www.stoa.org/metis/index.html   (360 degree images of ancient sites.  Very interesting.)

http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/recipes/ethnic/historical/ant-rom-coll.html   (Learn how to cook like Apicius, a Roman gourmet.)

http://www.ancientworlds.net/aw/SPQR/GamePage   (A role-playing game with ancient civilisations.)

http://www.stoa.org/diotima/   (Diotima - Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World.)

http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/home.html   (LacusCurtius.  An amazing website with everything you need to enjoy ancient Rome.)

http://www.romaeterna.org/   (The website is written in Italian, but the pictures and maps are quite nice.)

http://www.medicinaantiqua.org.uk/index.html  (A site devoted to ancient medicine.)

http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/w/x/wxk116/romeball.html   (Roman ball games.)

http://web.raex.com/~obsidian/RomPan.html#Venus   (Browse through many of the deities of the Roman pantheon.)

http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/   (Classical myths.  See the gods through the eyes of the Greeks.)

http://www.lawrence.edu/dept/art/buerger/intro/contents.html   (The Ottilia Buerger collection of ancient coins at Lawrence University.)

http://www.bolchazy.com/   (One of the best publishers of Classics material out there.  You can even buy Dr. Seuss in Latin!)

http://www.marketplace.it/pompeii/index.htm   (Pompeii: Urbs Reperta.   Read about this fascinating town in Latin.)

http://www.calgarycoin.com/   (Calgary Coin and Antiques.  A commercial site, but it's Canadian, and it's run by a very knowledgeable man.)

http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/empire5.html   ( Play the Emperor of Rome game on the PBS homepage.)

 

 

 

A Denarius of the Emperor Domitian (81 - 96 A.D.).