This course is designed as a continuation of Latin. This course is best suited for students who have confidently completed Chapters 1-20 of Lingua Latina (or an equivalent Latin course). Students enrolling in this course should already know the following Latin grammatical topics: all five noun declensions in all cases; the entire present system of verbs (present, imperfect, future tenses; active, passive, and deponent voices) in all four conjugations; degrees of adjectives and adverbs (including irregular forms); pronouns (hic, qui, ille, is, etc.).


The bulk of our class time is spent reading and translating from the Lingua Latina textbook. Students have the opportunity to practice pronunciation of Latin (we use Classical pronunciation here) whenever they translate, if they wish to do so. We additionally workbook exercises periodically to solidify our grasp of the material. From time to time we will practice spoken Latin elements and sing songs in Latin, too! 



Here is the breakdown of chapters and weekly grammar topics that we will cover in this course:

Week 1: Review of previous Latin material using workbook exercises and texts from Chapters 1-20

Weeks 2-4: Chapter 21: perfect active and perfect passive verbs; perfect active and passive infinitives; relative time of infinitives in indirect statement; principal parts of Latin verbs

Weeks 5-6: Chapter 22: the Latin supine (another verbal noun that isn't an infinitive!)

Weeks 7-9: Chapter 23: Future periphrastic verb forms; the future active participle 

Weeks 10-12: Chapter 24: Pluperfect active and passive verbs; sequence of tenses in Latin

Weeks 13-15: Chapter 25: the myth of Theseus (in LATIN); deponent imperatives; ablative absolute in the perfect tense; traditionally on the last day of class, we have a summative day reviewing and discussing the main grammatical concepts and vocabulary from the course.