Reading Classical Latin

Overview

A complete first year classical Latin text designed for the introductory course. The text focuses on presenting material appropriate for reading and understanding, providing complete, unaltered works in the original Latin. No sentences are presented out of context. All necessary grammatical terms are fully defined and illustrated.

Table of contents

Preface to Second Edition.
Preface to First Edition
Abbreviations
Lesson 1
Alphabet. Vowels. Diphthongs. Accents.
Inflections. Hyginus: Creation of Pandora.
Lesson 2
Parts of Speech. Nouns. Number, Gender, Case.
Accents. Conjunctions. Hyginus: Prometheus the Rebel
Lesson 3
Nouns. Declensions. First Declension. Accents.
Hyginus: Abduction of Proserpina.
Lesson 4
Nouns. First Declension Greek Names. Plural
Nouns with singular Meanings. Adverbs.Hyginus:
Founding of Athens.
Lesson5.
Prepositions. Latin Prepositions. Pronouns.
Hyginus: Story of Phaethon.
Lesson 6
Review: First Declension Nouns.
Hyginus: Deucalion and Pyrrha. Caesar: The
Gallic Deities.
Lesson 7
Verbs. Number, Person, Tense, Mood, Voice.
Clauses.Hyginus: Story of Pentheus
Lesson 8
Verbs. Conjugations. First Conjugation: Present
Active Indicative and Infinitive. Predicate
Nominative.Hyginus: Story of Actaeon
Lesson 9.
Verbs. Second Conjugation: Present Active
Indicative and Infinitive. Agreement.Hyginus: Otos
and Ephialtes (Part 1).
Lesson 10
Verbs. Third Conjugation: Present Active
Indicative and Infinitive. Compound Verbs.
Complementary Infinitive. Hyginus: Otos and
Ephialtes (Part 2).
Lesson 11
Verbs. Fourth Conjugation: Present Active
Indicative and Infinitive. Third Conjugation Verbs
in -IO. Hyginus: Story of Niobe (Part 1).
Lesson 12
Review: Present Active Indicative. Hyginus:
Story of Niobe (Part 2). Catullus: Love for Lesbia.
Lesson 13
Nouns. Second Declension Masculine and Feminine.
Word Order. Hyginus: Story of Lycaon.
Lesson 14
Nouns. Second Declension Nouns in -ER. Second
Declension Greek Names (Masculine and Feminine).
Hyginus: Story of Tantalus.
Lesson 15
Nouns. Second Declension Neuter. Word Formation
(Nouns). Hyginus: Story of Marsyas (Part 1).
Lesson 16
Nouns. Archaisms. Second Declension Greek Names
(Neuter). Hyginus: Story of Marsyas (Part 2).
Lesson 17
Adjectives. First and Second Declension
Adjectives. Agreement of Adjectives. Hyginus:
Story of Midas (Part 1).
Lesson 18
Review: Second Declension Nouns. First and Second
Declension Adjectives. Hyginus: Story of Midas
(Part 2).
Lesson 19
Verbs. First Conjugation: Imperfect Active
Indicative. Adverbs Ending in -E. Hyginus: Jupiter
and Aegina.
Lesson 20
Verbs. Second and Third Conjugations: Imperfect
Active Indicative. Adjectives Used as Substantives.
Hyginus: Jupiter and Io.
Lesson 21
Verbs. Fourth and Third -Io Conjugations:
Imperfect Active Indicative. Inseparable Prefixes.
Hyginus: Jupiter and Semele.
Lesson 22
Verbs. First and Second Conjugations: Future
Active Indicative. Word Formation (Verbs). Hyginus:
Judgment of Tiresias.
Lesson 23
First and Second Declension Adjectives in -Er.
Word Formation (Adjectives). Hyginus: Neptune and
Amymone.
Lesson 24
Review: Imperfect and Future Active Indicative.
Hyginus: Mars and Venus. Horace: Pursuit of Chloe.
Lesson 25
Pronominal Adjective: Is, Ea, Id. Possessive Use
of Is, Ea, Id. Hyginus: Cinyras and Smyrna.
Lesson 26
Demonstrative Pronoun: Ille, Illa, Illud.
Additional Uses of Ille, Illa, Illud. Hyginus:
Demophoon and Phyllis.
Lesson 27
Demonstrative Pronoun: Hic, Haec, Hoc. Additional
Uses of Hic, Haec, Hoc. Hyginus: Hippomenes and
Atalanta (Part 1).
Lesson 28
Relative Pronoun: Qui, Quae, Quod. Rule for the
Use of Qui, Quae, Quod. Hyginus: Hippomenes and
Atalanta (Part 2).
Lesson 29
>H4>Intensive Pronoun: Ipse, Pisa, Ipsum. Reflexive
Pronoun: Sui. Hyginus: Tereus and Progne (Part 1).
Lesson 30
Review: Pronouns. Hyginus: Tereus and Progne
(Part 2). Cicero: Sword of Damocles.
Lesson 31
Verbs. First Conjugation: Perfect Active
Indicative and Infinitive. Hyginus: Admetus and
Alcestis.
Lesson 32
Verbs. Second, Third, and Fourth Conjugations:
Perfect Active Indicative and Infinitive. Hyginus:
Protesilaus and Laodamia.
Lesson 33
Verbs. First Conjugation: Pluperfect Active
Indicative. Hyginus: Minos and Scylla.
Lesson 34
Verbs. Second, Third, and Fourth Conjugations:
Pluperfect Active Indicative. Hyginus: Cephalus and
Procris (Part 1).
Lesson 35
Verbs. All Conjugations: Future Perfect Active
Indicative. Hyginus: Cephalus and procris (Part 2).
Lesson 36
Review: Perfect, Pluperfect, and Future Perfect
Active Indicative. Hyginus: Cephalus and Procris
(Part 3). Vergil: Orpheus and Eurydice.
Lesson 37
Nouns. Third Declension Masculine and Feminine.
Hyginus: Story of Perseus.
Lesson 38
Nouns. Third Declension Greek Names. Hyginus:
Story of Bellerophon.
Lesson 39
Nouns. Third Declension Neuter. Hyginus: Story
of Oedipus (Part 1).
Lesson 40
Nouns. Third Declension I-Stems. Hyginus: Story
of Oedipus (Part 2).
Lesson 41
Adjectives. Third Declension Adjectives. Hyginus:
Story of Oedipus (Part 3).
Lesson 42
Review: Third Declension Nouns and Adjectives.
Hyginus: Story of Oedipus (Part 4). Livy: Courage
Of Horatius.
Lesson 43
>H4>Verbs. First Conjugation: Present Passive
Indicative and Infinitive. Adverbs Ending In -Iter.
Hyginus: Story of Jason (Part 1).
Lesson 44
Verbs. Second, Third, and Fourth Conjugations:
Present Passive Indicative and Infinitive. Third
Declension Adjectives of One Ending. Hyginus:
Story of Jason (Part 2).
Lesson 45
Verbs. First Conjugation: Imperfect Passive
Indicative. Hyginus: Story of Jason (Part 3).
Lesson 46
Verbs. Second, Third, and Fourth Conjugations:
Imperfect Passive Indicative. Hyginus: Story of
Jason (Part 4).
Lesson 47
Indirect Statement. Hyginus: Story of Jason
(Part 5).
Lesson 48
Review: Present and Imperfect Passive Indicative.
Hyginus: Story of Jason (Part 6). Ovid: Passion of
Medea.
Lesson 49
Nouns. Fourth Declension Masculine and Feminine.
Supine. Hyginus: Story of Theseus (Part 1).
Lesson 50
Nouns. Fourth Declension Neuter. Hyginus: Story
of Theseus (Part 2).
Lesson 51
Present Active Participle. Hyginus: Story of
Theseus (Part 3).
Lesson 52
Perfect Passive Participle. Hyginus: Story of
Theseus (Part 4).
Lesson 53
Ablative Absolute. Hyginus: Story of Theseus
(Part 5).
Lesson 54
Review: Fourth Declension Nouns. Participles.
Hyginus: Story of Theseus (Part 6). Tacitus: The
Christian Scapegoats.
Lesson 55
Verbs. Present Active Indicative and Infinitive
of Sum. Gerundive. Hyginus: Story of Hercules
(Part 1).
Lesson 56
Verbs. All Conjugations: Perfect Passive
Indicative and Infinitive. Hyginus: Story of
Hercules (Part 2)
Verbs. Imperfect Active Indicative of Sum. Gerund.
Hyginus: Story of Hercules (Part 3).
Lesson 58
Verbs. All Conjugations: Pluperfect Passive
Indicative. Hyginus: Story of Hercules (Part 4).
Lesson 59
Deponent Verbs. Hyginus: Story of Hercules
(Part 5).
Lesson 60
Review: Perfect and Pluperfect Passive Indicative.
Hyginus: Story of Hercules (Part 6). Juvenal: The
Roman Mother-in-Law.
Lesson 61
Nouns. Fifth Declension. Hyginus: The Trojan
War (Part 1).
Lesson 62
Verbs. All Conjugations: Present Active
Subjunctive. Hyginus: The Trojan War (Part 2).
Lesson 63
Verbs. All Conjugations: Imperfect Active
Subjunctive. Purpose Clauses. Hyginus: The Trojan
War (Part 3).
Lesson 64
Verbs. All Conjugations: Perfect Active
Subjunctive. Hyginus: The Trojan War (Part 4).
Lesson 65
Verbs. All Conjugations: Pluperfect Active
Subjunctive. Indirect Questions. Hyginus: The
Trojan War (Part 5).
Lesson 66
Review: Fifth Declension Nouns. Active Subjunctive.
Hyginus: The Trojan War (Part 6). Pliny: The Playful
Dolphin.
Lesson 67
Subjunctive. Result Clauses. Hyginus: Travels of
Ulysses (Part 1).
Lesson 68
Verbs. All Conjugations: Imperfect Passive
Subjunctive. Hyginus: Travels of Ulysses (Part 2).
Lesson 69
Verbs. All Conjugations: Perfect Passive
Subjunctive. Cum Clauses. Hyginus: Travels of
Ulysses (Part 3).
Lesson 70
Verbs. All Conjugations: Pluperfect Passive
Subjunctive. Hyginus: Travels of Ulysses (Part 4).
Lesson 71
Indirect Commands. Hyginus: Travels of Ulysses
(Part 5).
Lesson 72
Review: Passive Subjunctive. Hyginus: Travels
of Ulysses (Part 6). Martial: Postumus the
Procrastinator.

Appendix A
Models
Appendix B.
Vocabulary to Memorize
Appendix C
Declensions of Nouns, Adjectives, Participles,
Pronouns, and Numerals
Appendix D
Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
Appendix E
Syntax of the Cases
Appendix F
The Vocative Case
Appendix G
Conjugation of Verbs: Present, Imperfect, Perfect,
and Pluperfect Tenses
Appendix H
Conjugation of Verbs: Future and Future Perfect
Tenses
The Imperative Mood
Appendix J
Irregular Verbs: Sum, Possum; Volo, Nolo, Malo;
Fero, Eo, Fio
Appendix K
Syntax of the Verb
Appendix L
Translation of Readings in Lessons 1-6

Cumulative Vocabulary

Index