Reference Page. See also Resources
This page lists the sources on which the Latin section relies, so that every rule and every quotation can be checked. Grammars and dictionaries come first, then the ancient texts quoted, then online tools.
Allen, J. H., and J. B. Greenough. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges. Edited by J. B. Greenough, G. L. Kittredge, A. A. Howard and Benjamin L. D'Ooge. Boston: Ginn, 1903. In the public domain; available online. The main reference for rules, terminology and section references.
Gildersleeve, B. L., and G. Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar. 3rd edition. London: Macmillan, 1895. In the public domain; available online. Strong on syntax and on literary examples.
Kennedy, B. H. The Revised Latin Primer. London: Longmans, 1888. The original edition is in the public domain. The traditional British grammar; later revised editions remain in copyright.
Woodcock, E. C. A New Latin Syntax. London: Methuen, 1959. In copyright. A modern syntax with many examples and a clear classification.
Allen, W. Sidney. Vox Latina: A Guide to the Pronunciation of Classical Latin. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1965; 2nd edition 1978. The standard account of the restored classical pronunciation used on this site.
Lewis, Charlton T., and Charles Short. A Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879. In the public domain; available online. Marks the quantity of vowels and gives the genitive and gender of nouns.
Glare, P. G. W., editor. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968–1982; 2nd edition, 2 volumes, 2012. In copyright. The authoritative modern dictionary of classical Latin.
Ørberg, Hans H. Lingua Latina per se illustrata. Part I: Familia Rōmāna. Focus Publishing. A course taught entirely in Latin, useful as a companion to a grammar.
The passages quoted on the site come from the following works. Line and section numbers are those of the standard citation.
| Author | Works and passages quoted |
|---|---|
| Caesar | De Bello Gallico 1.1, 1.2 |
| Cicero | In Catilinam 1.1, 1.2; De Legibus 3.3.8; Paradoxa Stoicorum 1.8 |
| Vergil | Aeneid 1.1, 1.3, 1.6–7, 1.12, 1.203, 2.1, 2.325, 4.569–570; Eclogues 10.69 |
| Horace | Odes 1.11.8, 3.2.13, 3.30.6–7 |
| Catullus | poems 1.3, 3.1, 5.1, 5.5–7, 8.3, 85.1–2 |
| Ovid | Metamorphoses 1.6, 7.20–21 |
| Terence | Heauton Timorumenos 77 |
| Livy | 5.48.9 |
| Suetonius | Divus Iulius 32, 82 |
| Petronius | Satyricon 29 |
| Seneca the Younger | Epistulae Morales 106.12 |
Standard critical editions are the Oxford Classical Texts (OCT) and the Teubner series. The Loeb Classical Library gives the Latin with a facing English translation and is the most convenient for readers.
| Resource | Use |
|---|---|
| Perseus Digital Library (Tufts University) | Latin texts with translations; online editions of Lewis and Short and of Allen and Greenough; morphological analysis of any word form |
| The Latin Library | A large collection of Latin texts in plain format |
| Project Gutenberg | Public-domain grammars and texts |
| Whitaker's Words | A Latin-to-English parser that analyses a word form and lists its dictionary entry |
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