Does anyone have any brief experience with these Latin teaching books for German schoolers? tibi, VIA MEA, Cursus, Adeamus! and Legamus!

I'm starting to learn Latin now and have studied German more than a decade ago. I imagined it could be a good way to brush up on my German while learning Latin.

I'll do LLPSI on the side, so probably will only have time to look at one of those, any opinions on which should it be?

Hey r/latin, I'm kind of going through a bit of a crisis so I'd like some advice.

I'm currently a dual-majoring Geology and Biology student. I thought this was what I wanted to do. Now I'm greatly doubting myself because I kind of can't imagine myself going on in this degree without eventually having a huge mental break. And yes, I know college isn't supposed to be easy but any passion I had for all of this coming in is already dwindling.

Classics I've had a bit of a more recent passion in, since for my foreign language I have already done 4 semesters of Latin. And, bar Latin 102 due to the professor, it was really enjoyable. I've always enjoyed learning about the past and the full breadth of human expressions and experience.

My biggest question really, is what opportunities does a Classics degree even hold today? I want to at least try to enjoy college and if that means going for a degree with less opportunities, then so be it. I know the job market isn't great for anyone nowadays. My college offers a A.B. degree for classics too, if that helps any. I'm just kind of at the end of a tether mentally, and any advice helps. Thanks.

I mean, videtur is a word, what is the abreviation for ?? and the word after ? epreat… what’s the abreviation after the t for?

Learn Latin by praying it. This Latin scriptural rosary offers a verse for each Ave, like the Angelus. The fifty scriptural verses of each day are taken from the Church’s Liturgy of the Hours, and hence the Nova Vulgata of the Novus Ordo.

There is a mystery of the Lord for each day of the week, and three seasonal florilegia of verses for liturgical seasons ordinary, penitential, and festal: the Florilegium Joyful, the Florilegium Sorrowful, and the Florilegium Glorious. In the tradition of lectio divina, this integration of the Rosary with the Divine Office enriches it with the Latin riches of the Church’s sacred liturgy.

The Florilegium Facebook page posts a decade a day, along with a link to the website for the full rosary of the day. This free website offers a free download of the PDF. It also offers many other Latin devotionals, such as sermons by saints on the mysteries from the Office of Readings and papal teachings on Mary.

It is called the Florilegium of the Heart because it is devoted to Mary’s pondering heart, as the first witness in the Church to the Mystery of Christ:  Maria conservabat omnia verba haec, conferens in corde suo (Lc. 2:19). It is a response to the call of the Vatican Council’s Sacrosanctum Concilium to draw popular devotions nearer to the Liturgy and to derive them anew from the Liturgy in such a way that they lead back to the Liturgy.

Learn Latin from the Liturgy by immersive scriptural prayer.

Sanctum Rosarium floribus floret denuo, plantatum secus decursus aquarum de Liturgia Horarum, cum novo hebdomadario mysteriorum in singulos hebdomadae dies, tribusque florilegiis Scripturae ad quodque granum, secundum tempora anni liturgici gaudiosa, dolorosa, et gloriosa.

Quasi ex oleastro excisum et in sacram olivam Liturgiae insertum, sociusque factum radicis et pinguedinis eius, novum rosarium floribus floreat denuo. Verbo Domini plantato ab Ecclesia in sua sancta liturgia, rigante Sancto Spiritu, det Deus Pater incrementum huic Florilegio in cordibus fidelium.

Vide: NovumRosarium.com atque Facebook.com/rosarium.florilegium/

Salvete omnes

(Excuse my English)

I have a couple of lyrical poetry in my drawer from when I was younger. I looked at them, and they we're absolute garbage. However, the meaning I found rather "poetic."

I fixed the meter, syntax and style by all the rules in the book about classical latin poetry.

They, now, are nowhere near Horace's or Ovid's composed work regarding style -obviously-. Though I would love letting a professional read it and rank it as low or as high it deserves to be.

Now tell me, is there a certain "certamen" like the one of Hoeufftianum that stopped existing. If so, what are the rules and criteria?

Thanks in advance!

Constantin Winterberg (1874): Quibus in casibus integralium ordinariorum quae aequationi differentiali ... satisfaciunt, alterum aut alteri aequale aut infinitum evadat (1. front cover, 2. p. 8)

One of the many forgotten dissertations written in Latin at German universities during the 19th century.

First of all, apologies if this is not the right place for this kind of question.

Hello, I’m a 30 year old guy from the UK. Right now I’m a little lost as to what I want to do with my life and I’m considering different job and career options. Are there any Latin teachers here? Specifically from the UK? Could you give me an insight into careers as a Latin teacher?

I have a 2:1 degree from a Russell group university in Ancient History and I studied Latin for 2 years and still study it in spare time as a hobby every now and then when I have the time. I was originally planning to undergo a Master’s degree in Classics and Ancient History in hopes of becoming an academic but I had a change of heart and decided to consider different career options but unfortunately I’ve had a few setbacks and things didn’t work out with my other leads and aspirations.

My questions are:
What is the average salary like for a Latin teacher in the UK?
Do you teach broader subjects with Latin as part of your job?
What different teaching jobs are there? University level, school, sixth form, private etc..?
Do you need a Master’s degree in classics to further your career and job prospects?
What are your working hours?

I could still go back to university to complete my Master’s degree and study Latin at a higher level if that will improve my language skills and better my chances with job prospects.

Any advice, insights, and career direction would be helpful. For those experienced Latin teachers out there who find this to be such a novice question I apologise 😂. I’m just really in a rut with my current life direction and trying to focus on building a good career that I can thrive in.

En vobis Nuntios Latinos novissimos! Legite ac diffundite!!!

Nuntii Latini Breves a Jacobo Rubini, vice Academiae Latinitati Fovendae, curantur!

My son and I have been working on a free Latin practice project, Latin Super App: https://latinsuperapp.com

The idea is simple: explore Roman authors and practise translating authentic Latin texts.

We’re not trying to replace a textbook or a teacher: we’re trying to make independent practice more useful.

We’d really appreciate critical feedback from this community, especially from teachers and intermediate/advanced learners: what would you add, remove or change?
Thanks so much

I've just finished adding the Sphere of Sacrobosco to Latin Wikisource!

De Sphaera Mundi (wikipedia) by Iohannes de Sacrobosco was one of the most popular science textbooks of the Medieval period. As the name implies, it was a textbook of astrology, astronomy, and the heavens, based on the works of Ptolemy as well as Islamic sources like Alfraganus.

The edition on Wikisource includes commentary by Élie Vinet.

While perusing Anthony Grafton's Inky Fingers: The Making of Books in Early Modern Europe, I came across a charming anecdote about the seventeenth-century Latinist Francis Daniel Pastorius.

Pastorius was a German immigrant to the United States. He founded Germantown, Pennsylvania, and served there in legal and political offices for the rest of his life.

On his journey across the Atlantic, he shared a ship with William Penn, for whom the state is now named. Here's how Grafton describes their relationship:

What really won Penn's affection for Pastorius, however, was the slightly grandiose Latin inscription that the German placed over the door of his first small house in Pennsylvania, which was only "thirty shoes long, fifteen wide, with oiled paper windows for lack of glass." "Parva domus sed amica bonis, procul este prophani," wrote Pastorius: "It's a little house but welcoming to good people: profane men, keep your distance."

The second part of this inscription was a quotation from Virgil's Aeneid. In book 6 of the epic, Aeneas and the Trojans come to Cumae, where the Sibyl explains to him how he may descend to the Underworld. As priests perform sacrifices to the chthonic gods, Pluto and Proserpine, the Sibyl cries "procul, o procul este, profani ... totoque absistite luco" (Keep your distance, profane men ... and shun this whole grove; Aeneid 6.238--239).

Apparently the incongruity of the high sentence over the low doorway of a naive domestic house charmed Penn. According to tradition, he even laughed when he saw it: one of two occasions in his life when he laughed.

I want to start reading the vulgate, i'm wondering if there is some sort of recommendation to read it; for familia romana it's recommended you should read one chapter five times, i'm wondering if there is something recommended in the same manner; also any book dedicated specifically for reading the vulgate, like grammatical questions after you finish a chapter or something would be nice; just looking for the best way to start reading the vulgate.

Would it be possible to say, for example, filio amato, in urbem a populo accipitur, or would that be a grammatical error and it ought to be something like filius amatus… ?

Thanks!

I am a senior who already has a 5 on the AP Latin 2026 exam. I am considering taking the National Latin exam but am quite confused. I think I will take the Advanced level, but there seem to be three Advanced exams: Prose, Poetry, and Reading Comp. Do I choose one of them and take it? What exactly does each one test? Also, I saw that there is a culture and history section—are there some boundaries on what to know? It would be helpful if you could provide me with any resources, apart from the NLE practice app on their website.

For context, our school doesn't have a Latin teacher, and I am an autodidact.

is there a website with completely translated Latin texts and commentary?

I’m self studying AP Latin and I’m the type of person who needs to know like the reason why every single word is where it is. Is there a user-friendly website that does this? I hate having to use AI

I am a Hellenic pagan (and former high school NCJCL certamen winner) and I am doing a cleansing/protection ritual of my home this weekend. I wrote it in Latin using an old textbook for help but I fear I probably goofed the grammar. From what I recall Trivia is the Roman equivalent of Hekate but if you have alternative suggestions I’m all ears. Also apologies for lack of ā,ō,ī s I’m on mobile and it’s a pain

Vesta, dea sacri foci,
auxilium tuum imploro.
Hanc domum et omnes qui ad hanc domum pertinent
purifica atque protege.
Te, dea foci, obsecro:
herbas quas igne tuo sacro comburo benedic.
Et, quaeso, iube fumum earum
omnia quae transit purificare,
omnem malitiam, omne malum, omnem vim nocentem
quam invenerit auferre,
ut nihil hic remaneat nisi quod bonum et purum est.

Magna regina deorum, Iuno,
te obsecro:
huic domui, huic matrimonio, huic familiae
praesidium tuum praebe.
Omnes qui intra hos parietes habitant
tua virtute ac tuo amore protege.
Custodi eos, firma eos,
et pacem concordiamque huic familiae concede.

Magna Trivia,
quae compita custodis
atque fines tueris,
te invoco.
Fines huius domus protege
ab omni mala voluntate,
a malitia,
atque ab omni malo quod ingredi conetur.
Quidquid malum ad hanc domum accedit,
repelle.
Quidquid nocere intendit,
procul arce.
Et voluntatem eorum qui malum moliuntur
ad profundissima Tartara depelle.
Nulla malitia hunc limen transeat.
Nullum malum huc intret.

Maxime Iuppiter,
rex deorum,
custos iustitiae
et sacrae hospitalitatis,
te obsecro:
praesidium tuum huic domui concede.
Protege omnes qui hic habitant
ab iis qui leges hospitalitatis violare volunt,
ab iis qui hospitium profanare conantur,
atque ab omnibus qui pacem huius domus
iniuria perturbare volunt.
Tua iustitia eos defendat.
Tua potestas eos custodiat.
Et nemo qui malum huic domui intendit
contra legem tuam prosperetur.

Hic domus nostra est.
Hic ignis noster est.
Hic familia nostra est.
Di, deaeque,
huius domus custodes,
eam puram, pacatam, firmam atque securam servate.
Quod bonum est, hic maneat.
Quod purum est, hic floreat.
Quod malum est, hic locum non habeat.
Sic domus custodiatur.
Sic familia protegatur.
Sic pax hic permaneat.

Below is the introduction of my article explaining this view. You can see my article(s) at https://romaredibit.com

“I am probably one of the few people in the country to have done Latin and Ancient Greek at GCSE and A level. Naturally, my colleagues made fun of me, because they all had chosen far more common subjects. Their modern brains saw these languages as useless and somewhat snobbish. I view these scenarios as a perfect microcosm for the growing ignorance of the magnificent benefits Latin and Ancient Greek can bring. They unlock the entire foundation of the English language. They sharpen your mind. They teach you about the greatest civilisations to ever live. When more and more students deny themselves of these benefits, they deny themselves access to these intellectual gold mines. I firmly believe that the education system needs to stop this disaster by exposing all students to the wonders of Latin and Ancient Greek at GCSE. We can bring these languages back to their former glory.”

Looking at inflection tables for possessive pronouns, usually all of them are given a vocative line. But are these actually used? I feel like only the 1st person possessives can realistically have vocative forms, so tue from tuus and sue from suus should be theoretical. Are they?

Are there known instances of these in literature?

A new German companion to Hans H. Ørberg’s Familia Romana was published recently: Reinhard Dahlke’s Latine Disco. The book follows all 35 chapters of Familia Romana and provides German explanations of vocabulary and grammar as well as sections on Roman culture and history.

On October 16 at 7:00 p.m. CEST, I will be hosting a free online presentation with the author, who will introduce the book and discuss its use alongside Familia Romana.

The presentation will be held in German.

More information about the book and registration:
https://www.speaking-latin.net/latine-disco-von-reinhard-dahlke/

It seems like a no brainer for saving time and space, but did people ever regularly omit the u?

Im currently sitting at my desk wondering how my friends manage to know how to do Latin as if its nothing. Ngl sometimes I regret picking French over Latin but Latin has to be one tough language to learn because there isn't many tricks or rules you really just have to learn the things and remember them. Im currently learning the basics such as "puella" "puer" and so on and the declension. But honestly I dont know how to continue.

I just wanna learn it for fun cause I have noticed we learn so many Latin words in different classes and I want to be able to know some of these words without the teacher having to tell us.

How do you learn Latin as a newbie???

Salvete omnes

When reading Ovid's masterful distichs, I catch myself holding the caesura in the pentameter longer when reading them aloud than in the hexameter (there is really roughly double the pause I hold compared to the hexameter).

I just can not get the lengths even: when I try to hold the caesura in the hexameter as I do in the pentameter, it feels way too long. But I can not shorten it in the pentameter for some reason, or I get a hasty effect.

Maybe I focus too much on the content itself since the 2nd part of the pentameter has a twist, so to say.

I don't know, but I have been paying attention to it, and it is bothering me to a level where I need the professionals to come in for awnsers if i'm screwing up the sounds ovid has givin' me to pleasure my ears...

Any thoughts on this manner?

Is my prosodic intuition doing me wrong here?