Latin Course for Schools Part 1

L.A. Wilding was Senior Classics Master at the Dragon School, Oxford, UK.

• Prefaces to the second and third editionsPrefaceIntroduction to the beginnerNote on the Latin alphabetEvery chapter contains exercises from Latin into English and from English into Latin. The following is a summary of the Grammar and Syntax covered by each chapter, with the titles of the pieces of continuous Latin Translation.1. The Verb: 1st Conjugation, Present Indicative Active; Conjunctions; the Negative 2. The Noun (Introduction); Two Nouns as the Persons of the Verb; Note on Translating 3. Nominative and Accusative Cases; Word Order; Transitive and Intransitive Verbs Before the Romans came 4. Vocative Case; 1st Conjugation: Imperative Active 5. 1st Declension: Nominative, Vocative, and Accusative Cases, Singular and Plural First Roman expedition to Britain Questions 6. Genitive Case Roman occupation of Britain 7. Dative Case Conquest of Anglesey 8. Ablative Case; its use with Prepositions Detection of the robber Cacus 9. Prepositions with Accusative Case; Place: to,from,at, with Proper Names; Verbs with two AccusativesThemistoc/es, a great Greek statesman 10. Complete 1st Declension: Revision Britain under Agricola 11. 1st Conjugation: Future and Imperfect IndicativeActive; 2nd Conjugation : Present, Future, and22. Personal Pronouns: 1st and 2nd Persons; CompositeSubject of different Persons; ReflexivePronouns of I st and 2nd Persons ; Possessive Pro-nouns of 1st and 2nd Persons page 1 Androc/us and the lion: (3) The end of the story 23. Demonstrative Pronoun-is, ea, id-and its use as a Pronoun of the 3rd Person ; Eius, etc., used toexpress Possession ; Is, ea, id, as Adjective; That of, those ofAlexander's horse 24. Reflexive Pronouns of 3rd Person; Possessive Pronoun of se Geese save the Capitol 25. 3rd Declension: Nouns with 1- Stems, masculine and feminine; 3rd Conjugation: Present Indicative Active 26. 3rd Declension: Nouns with I- Stems, neuter; masculine and feminine Nouns of one syllable, ending with two Consonants, etc. ; 3rd Conjugation: Future and Imperfect Indicative Active The Romans and the Sabines: (2) The Sabines' revenge 3rd Conjugation: Imperative Active; 3rd Declension: Locative Case27. Adjectives of 3rd Declension, with three endings;4th Conjugation: Present Indicative Active; inter se The Romans and the Sabines: (3) Love proves mightier than the sword 28. Adjectives of 3rd Declension, with two endings;4th Conjugation: Future and Imperfect Indicative Active The bravery of Horatius Cocles (1) 29. Adjectives of 3rd Declension, with one ending; 3rd and 4th Conjugations: Perfect, Future Perfect, and Pluperfect Indicative ActiveThe bravery of Horatius Coc/es (2)30. 4th Declension ; 4th Conjugation : ImperativeActive; 3rd and 4th Conjugations: Different forms of Perfect Base page The bravery of a Roman girl 31. 1st and 2nd Conjugations: Different forms of Perfect Base; Numerals (Cardinals and OrdinalsA brave brother 32. 5th Declension; Ways of expressing Time, (I) Length of Time, (2) Point of Time, (3) Limit of Time Mining operations in a siege 33. Adjectives of 3rd Declension with Consonant Stems; Present Infinitive Active of the Four Conjugations; Prolative Infinitive Camillus and the schoolmaster (1) 34. 3rd Declension: Irregular Nouns; Negative Commands; Infinitive as a Noun Camillus and the schoolmaster (2) Summary of Grammar Latin-English Vocabulary English-Latin Vocabulary Lists of Commoner Words Additional ExercisesThe Romans and the Sabines: (1) The capture of the brides