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Salvete!

I've just had a look at the thread "Best place to start learning Latin" and was pleasantly surprised when I followed a link in Ovidius' posting.

This link leads to Juan Coderch's survey of (currently used and new) materials for learning (teaching) Latin and ancient Greek in the wake of a surge in publications "responding to changes in the pedagogical methods of teaching modern languages in schools": Teaching Ancient Languages: a selected guide to ...

while shaving you are thinking about a quote from a Terry Pratchett-novel and wonder, whether in Latin one would use a clause of characteristic for one of the quote's constituent parts.

Actually, I was at the time just remembering this wonderful quote from "The Colour of Magic":

Let's just say that if complete and utter chaos were lightning, he'd be the sort to stand on a mountain in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour and ...

Hey, I thought we should have a place to celebrate our milestones in Latin and Greek and congratulate each other- progress in a textbook or in a translation, etc.

It doesn't sound like much, but I'm about to finish chapter 10 of Lingua Latina, which is two chapters more than I finished when I tried it last year. This is the first time I've ever studied a language at all seriously just because I want ...

Hey guys, I was thinking about creating a resources sticky for the Greek forums. One for each or an all-inclusive one in Learning Greek. I'm ripping off the idea from another forum mind you :D
What I'm thinking is something like this:
a) One closed sticky we'll call Resources for now and one open sticky called Resources suggestion
b) We can all post suggestions in the ...

Salvete!

I am just reading the "Breviarium" by Eutropias as my first ancient author. Eutropius repeatedly mentions that some king or other bequeaths his kingdom to the Romans:

• Book IV, Ch. 18: Eodem tempore Attalus, rex Asiae, frater Eumenis, mortuus est heredemque populum Romanum reliquit. Ita imperio Romano per testamentum Asia accessit.
• Book VI, Ch. 6: Anno urbis conditae sexcentesimo septuagesimo sexto L. Licinio Lucullo et M. Aurelio Cotta consulibus mortuus est Nicomedes, ...

Hi

Please can someone help with translating the following text

I live for those i love

Thanks

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/07/opini ... er.html?hp

I thought this was an interesting and relevant read, especially given the number of requests for Latin/Greek quotes that people make. In the age of soundbites, I guess context doesn't count for much.

I apologize for the off-topicness, but I find myself with an interest in German of late, and since the only German speakers I know are native ones, I'm forced to turn to Textkit for advice. I'm assuming that at least some Textkit members study German? Does anyone know of good textbooks and resources for German?

Hello, my name is Paul. Now that I am retired I am fulfilling a lifelong ambition and that is to learn Latin. I am self studying so it is a bit difficult but my priest is available to help me. He teaches Latin and Greek at the local Catholic high school. The book he recommended and which I use is Wheelock. I know people have different opinions as to the merits of his approach but ...

My girlfriend and I were recently reading about our personality types (we're each other's recommended types! :D ) and it gave me an idea. :idea: Since Latin and Greek are for the most part voluntary pursuits, I'm interested if the subject attracts a certain personality type (or at least similar types). Let me say that I realize the ...