This section is a working grammar of classical Latin, the language of Rome from roughly the late Republic to the early Empire. It is written by a returning student, and it grows as I study: pages are added and refined progressively, from the simplest forms to the most complex constructions.
The grammar follows the traditional architecture, ordered from simple to complex:
Each page follows the same pattern: rule, notes and exceptions, authentic examples with translation, common pitfalls and a short self-test. Complete paradigm tables and reference material are kept apart, in Resources.
This is the plan of the section.
The Examples are drawn from classical authors wherever possible and macrons could be used to mark long vowels.
Medieval and ecclesiastical Latin are outside the present scope.