A completely new guide to writing Latin from scratch, this user-friendly book includes key features such as:
broad coverage - all the major grammatical constructions of the Latin language are covered, reinforcing what students have learnt from reading Latin;
thorough accessible explanations - no previous experience of writing in Latin assumed;
hundreds of examples - clear accurate illustrations of the constructions described, all with full translations;
over six hundred practice sentences - graduated exercises leading students through three levels of difficulty from elementary to advanced level; introduction to Latin word order - a brief guide to some of the most important principles;
and, longer passages for practising continuous prose composition - more challenging passages to stretch the most able students.
It also includes features such as:
commentaries on examples of Latin prose style - passages from great Latin prose writers focus attention on imitating real Latin usage;
and, complete list of vocabulary - all the words needed for the exercises and a valuable reference for English-Latin work in general.
By:
James Morwood,
Richard Ashdowne
Imprint: Duckworth
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 232mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 14mm
Weight: 314g
ISBN: 9781853997013
ISBN 10: 1853997013
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 18 June 2007
Audience:
General/trade
,
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction About this book Use of the cases I Use of the cases II Time, place and space Participles Relative clauses * Prepositions Use of tenses Pronouns Reported statements Questions Commands * Verbs Time clauses * Purpose clauses Conditionals * Result clauses Because, although, as if Reported speech Gerunds and gerundives * Verbs of fearing quin and quominus Word order * Latin prose style Cicero: Regulus Cicero: A good man Caesar: The Nervii offer terms to the Romans Livy: The rape of Lucretia Tacitus: The death of Seneca Longer passages Numbers and dates The top Latin irregular verbs English – Latin vocabulary Index * These chapters are followed by one or two Further practice passages
Richard Ashdowne read Classics at New College, Oxford and is now engaged in research in linguistics at Oxford. James Morwood is an Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford. He is the author of many books, including The Plays of Euripides published by Duckworth.
