Writing Latin - Softcover

Richard Ashdowne; James Morwood

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853997013 ISBN 13: 9781853997013

Publisher: Bristol Classical Press (Duckworth Publishing), 2007

Synopsis

A completely new guide to writing Latin from scratch, this userfriendly book includes key features such as:
broad coverage all the major grammatical constructions of the Latin language are covered, reinforcing what students have learnt from reading Latin;
thorough accessible explanations no previous experience of writing in Latin assumed;
hundreds of examples clear accurate illustrations of the constructions described, all with full translations;
over six hundred practice sentences graduated exercises leading students through three levels of difficulty from elementary to advanced level;
introduction to Latin word order a brief guide to some of the most important principles;
and, longer passages for practising continuous prose composition more challenging passages to stretch the most able students.

It also includes features such as:
commentaries on examples of Latin prose style passages from great Latin prose writers focus attention on imitating real Latin usage;
and, complete list of vocabulary all the words needed for the exercises and a valuable reference for EnglishLatin work in general.

About this title

About the Authors

James Morwood was an Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, UK, after seventeen years as Head of Classics at Harrow School. He is the author of 17 books, including The Plays of Euripides and Writing Latin, also published by Bloomsbury.

Richard Ashdowne read Classics at New College, Oxford and is now engaged in research in linguistics at the University of Oxford, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press (Duckworth Publishing)
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853997013
• ISBN 13: 9781853997013
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192