Learning Latin the ancient way : Latin textbooks from the ancient world / Eleanor Dickey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dickey, Eleanor, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin language--Terms and phrases--Early works to 1800.

Latin language.

Latin language--Terms and phrases.

Latin language, Colloquial--Early works to 1800.

Latin language, Colloquial.

Latin language--Textbooks--Early works to 1800.

Latin language--Textbooks.

Genre:

Early works.

Dictionaries.

Textbooks.

Physical Description:

xii, 187 pages ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Latin textbooks from the ancient world

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Summary:

"What did Greek speakers in the Roman empire do when they wanted to learn Latin? They used Latin-learning materials containing authentic, enjoyable vignettes about daily life in the ancient world - shopping, banking, going to the baths, having fights, being scolded, making excuses - very much like the dialogues in some of today's foreign-language textbooks. These stories provide priceless insight into daily life in the Roman empire, as well as into how Latin was learned at that period, and they were all written by Romans in Latin that was designed to be easy for beginners to understand. Learners also used special beginners' versions of great Latin authors including Virgil and Cicero, and dictionaries, grammars, texts in Greek transliteration, etc. All these materials are now available for the first time to today's students, in a book designed to complement modern textbooks and enrich the Latin-learning experience"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Texts

Grammatical works

Glossaries

Prose composition

Alphabets

Transliterated texts

Texts with the original Greek

Texts without word division

Overview of the ancient Latin-learning materials

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781107093607

1107093600

9781107474574

1107474574

OCLC:

944208837