Latina linguarum regina
General information about Latin on the net:
-
Lewis and Short Latin dictionary, a large one,
with very detailed information, made available by the
Perseus Project; you
can try the following simple search on the dictionary:
- Allen and Greenough Latin Grammar.
A detailed, well-written grammar, with hypertext references
to glossary entries and descriptions of word usage by
classical authors.
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Verbix can conjugate verbs in several
languages, including Latin:
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Latein.me · Online-Latein-Wörterbuch.
Latin–German dictionary with word form recognition
and references to occurrences in classical texts.
- Online Latein Wörterbuch lets you find a Latin word and see
its declined words (and its meaning in German). Beware that the
site has pop-up ads.
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Study Guide to Wheelock's Latin.
- The Classics Page at Ad Fontes Academy - a large number of links to Latin texts and
other Latin resources
-
Classical languages section in
The
Virtual Translator;
very useful links, for instance to a query-based
Latin
Grammar Aid and Wordlist
- Latin Teaching Materials
at
Saint Louis University;
a large, although somewhat confusingly organized, repertoire of
resources for studying Latin
- Latin Resources
(links to hypertext courses, classical texts, glossaries etc.)
- Greek and Latin Language Resources (another collection of links)
- A Latin wordlist of about 3500 words with short explanations in English.
- Classical studies (humanities.classics) FAQ.
NB:
The pronunciation rules given there deviate from what is
regarded as classical pronunciation by Nordic Latinists.
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Nuntii Latini,
news in Latin
broadcast by Radio Finland, available both in text and in
RealAudio format.
More specialized information:
My favorite Latin sayings:
- Non multa, sed multum.
- Age quod ages.
- Bis dat, qui cito dat.
- De gustibus et coloribus non est disputandum.
- Homo sum, nihil humanum a me alienum puto.
- Esse est percipi.
- Concordia res parvae crescunt, discordia maximae dilabuntur.
- Pacta sunt servanda.
- In dubio pro reo.
- Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
(Iuvenalis,
Saturae,
VI).
Oh, wait, this is a good one, too, despite not being classical Latin:
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Non est propheta sine honore nisi in patria sua
et in domo sua
(Matthew 13:57)
And this is what I sometimes use as my motto:
Docendo disco, scribendo cogito.
You may wish to compare my phrase list with the following: