{"product_id":"the-complete-latin-course-9780415596459","title":"The Complete Latin Course","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Complete Latin Course\u003c\/em\u003e is a comprehensive introduction to Latin for students and armchair enthusiasts alike. This modern, user-friendly text offers a series of fascinating glimpses into the world of ancient Rome, and sets you up to read Virgil, Cicero, Juvenal, Tacitus and many other authors in the original Latin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of Rome is told by the ancient authors themselves. Authentic texts help to guide the student through the mechanics of Latin, whilst giving insights into the history of Rome, her culture and society, her gods, her games, her power struggles and the eventual fall of empire. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published as \u003ci\u003eEssential Latin\u003c\/i\u003e, this extensively revised and expanded second edition features:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eReading passages from Latin prose authors, including Cicero, Petronius, Pliny, Sallust, Suetonius and Tacitus, and from poets (Catullus, Horace, Juvenal, Martial, Ovid and Virgil) with guidance on reading aloud and meter.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA detailed step-by-step approach to Latin \u003cem\u003eg\u003c\/em\u003erammar, with engaging activities and exercises.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA companion website with a full answer key for exercises, translations, grammar reference tables for the USA, the UK, Europe and elsewhere, additional exercises, word lists and other supports: http:\/\/www.lingua.co.uk\/latin\/materials\/complete-latin \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e Ideal for classroom use or independent study, \u003cem\u003eThe Complete Latin Course\u003c\/em\u003e will prove an invaluable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students, adult learners and anyone interested in comprehensively developing their knowledge of Latin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for the First Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Latin passages are judiciously gleaned from the canon of Latin literature.’ \u003cem\u003eThe Classical Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for the Second Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A joy to read…most engaging. I especially enjoy the artistic interweaving of culture, myth, history and literature. Complete Latin is a good tool for hooking students on the classical world with its people and their problems, its language and traditions. The writer moves the text along the learning curve with such speed that he dispels any sense of boredom or drudgery… In sum, this text is based on sound and proven methodology and pedagogical principles. It may well usher in a new and happier era of classical studies.’ \u003cem\u003ePauline Nugent, Missouri State University, USA\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction The Latin alphabet\u003c\/strong\u003e 1. Myth, legend and history \u003ci\u003eNouns and verbs; Nouns: subjects and objects; Negative; Articles the and a; Word order; ‘Object’ of est; Verbs; and; Cases; Nominative case; Accusative case; English pronouns to add in translation; his, her or their in place of the\/a. \u003c\/i\u003e2. The Republic \u003ci\u003eGenitive case; Dative case; Ablative case; Prepositions; Vocative case; est and sunt.\u003c\/i\u003e 3. Carthage \u003cem\u003eSingular and plural: Nominative and Accusative plural; Genitive, dative and ablative plural; Gender; Neuter nouns; puella, servus, vīnum.\u003c\/em\u003e 4. Greece \u003cem\u003eQuestions; Adjectives; bonus,-a,-um; Nouns: puer, magister, vir; Adjectives: miser,-era,-erum; noster,-tra,-trum; Adjectives as nouns. \u003c\/em\u003e5. New factions and old families \u003cem\u003eGenitive and dative expressing ownership; Past participles; Past participles with est or sunt; Translating past participles; sum, esse. \u003c\/em\u003e6. The Republic under strain \u003cem\u003eVerbs; 1st conjugation: present tense; Separate pronouns as subjects; The infinitive; The perfect tense;\u003c\/em\u003e Principal parts; Missing words or words ‘understood’; More adjectives acting as nouns. 7. Friends and enemies 2nd conjugation verbs: present and perfect tenses; 3rd declension nouns; Him, her and them; His and her. 8 Civil War \u003cem\u003e3rd declension nouns (neuter); 3rd declension adjectives; Possessive adjectives. \u003c\/em\u003e9. The Ides of March \u003cem\u003e3rd, 4th and Mixed conjugation verbs: present and perfect tenses; All present and perfect tenses. \u003c\/em\u003e10. A woman in politics \u003cem\u003e4th declension nouns; -us endings; domus; Irregular verbs: sum, possum, volō, eō, ferō; Verbs followed by an infinitive. \u003c\/em\u003e11. Politics and marriage \u003cem\u003eImperfect tense; Imperfect tense of irregular verbs; Pluperfect tense; Numbers. \u003c\/em\u003e12. \u003cem\u003eThe sweetness of peace 5th declension nouns; Future tense; Future tense of irregular verbs; Imperatives; Uses of the accusative; Uses of the ablative.\u003c\/em\u003e13, Dissenting voices \u003cem\u003eFuture perfect tense; Tenses review; Principal parts review; Compound verbs. \u003c\/em\u003e14. Songs and suppers \u003cem\u003ePassive voice; Present, future and imperfect passive; Perfect and pluperfect passive; 1st and 2nd person pronouns. 3rd person pronouns: hic, ille, is, sē, ipse. \u003c\/em\u003e15. Tales of love \u003cem\u003eIntroducing the subjunctive; Present subjunctive; Deponent verbs; \u003c\/em\u003e16. Women: warriors, drunks and literary critics \u003cem\u003eImperfect subjunctive; ut and nē; Purpose clauses; Sequence of tenses; Indirect commands; Result clauses; ut with the indicative; Perfect subjunctive; Pluperfect subjunctive; cum; Verbs of fearing; Indirect questions; Summary: ut and nē. \u003c\/em\u003e17. Family ties \u003cem\u003eInterrogative pronoun and adjective; Relative pronoun and adjective; Correlative pronouns; Indefinite pronoun and adjective; Summary: quis\/ quī; More adjectives: alius, tōtus, nūllus, ūllus and sōlus. \u003c\/em\u003e18. Slavery q\u003cem\u003euod; quam; aliquis; alter; quisquis; quisquam; quisque; quīdam; quō and quā. \u003c\/em\u003e19. Education \u003cem\u003eAdjectives; Adverbs; Comparison; Comparative adverbs; The superlative; Superlative adverbs. \u003c\/em\u003e20. Negotium: Life at work \u003cem\u003ePast participles; Ablative absolute; Present participles; Future participles; Translating participles. \u003c\/em\u003e21. Otium: Life at leisure \u003cem\u003eConditional clauses; Translating conditionals; Partitive genitive; Irregular verbs: volō, nōlō, mālō; Irregular verb: fiō.\u003c\/em\u003e 22 Fugit irreparabile tempus Infinitives; \u003cem\u003eReported speech;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eAccusative \u0026amp; Infinitive; Infinitives: present, past and future; Translating the Accusative \u0026amp; Infinitive; \u003c\/em\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eThird party’ subjunctive; More on sē and suus. \u003c\/em\u003e23. On the edge of the world \u003cem\u003eEnglish gerunds; Latin gerunds; Gerundives. \u003c\/em\u003e24. Gods and spirits \u003cem\u003eImpersonal verbs; Transitive and intransitive verbs; Revision of the uses of the subjunctive \u003c\/em\u003e25. Rough justice \u003cem\u003eWords working in pairs; Cases review: nominative, accusative, genitive \u003c\/em\u003e26. 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