Beginning Latin Poetry Reader: 70 Selections from the Great Periods of Roman Verse and DramaMcGraw Hill Professional, 05.01.2006 - 320 Seiten Embrace your Roman muse! As a learner of Latin, you want to experience the Roman world by reading its writers in their original language. But you may be unsure where to begin in the classical canon or you may worry that your Latin skills are insufficient to tackle authentic texts. Requiring only a grounding in the basics, Beginning Latin Poetry Reader lets you explore the rich and diverse range of Latin verse, including epics, comedies, satires, lyric poetry, and even graffiti! Inside you'll find seventy selections from authors of the early Republic such as Plautus and Terrance as well as those of the Golden and Silver Ages such as Vergil, Horace, Ovid, and Juvenal--all supported by helpful footnotes and English translations. This book also includes a clear overview of Latin syntax and the metrics of its verse, a glossary of all Latin words found in the readings, and a time line showing the historical and literary context of each author. Lose yourself in:
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... words in this book, as well as uncommon meanings specific to the selec~ tions. (Basic vocabulary is marked in the Glossary; the meanings of all other words are given both in the footnotes and in the Glossary.) It is our pleasure to ...
... words; gnata (: nata) voc. daughter; sunt gerundae gerundive construction [§0 80] with aerumnae (trouhles; aerumna -ae F.) as subject and tibi as dat. of agent [§0 29], lit., trouhles are to he horne hy you; ante and post are used ...
... words were originally adjectives); optumus excellent (superl. of bonus, here used to express a very high degree [§0 54]). 22 cliés noctésque ace. of time how long [§0 11] ; pergraecamini 2 pl. imp. pergraecor ~ari play the Greek, i.e. ...
... word; so (ergo) of course (nempe), spoken sarcastically; aperté loqui to state frankly; vis 2 sg. pres. ind. volo velle wish; quae restant lit., what [things] remain (resto ~ire) [for me to say]; Siné quidem lit., certainly, indeed ...
... word or deed. 4 mortilis (mortilis M.) the mortal, i.e., Roscius; visus [est] seemed; de6 abl. of comparison [§G42] than a god. )— X Proverbs abound in the plays of Plautus and Terence. PROVERBIA DE PROSCAENIO -IPLAU'I'US Persa 729 ...