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Nuntii
Conventiculum Lexintoniense 20 - 26 m. Iulii 2017
Conventus XIV Academiae Latinitati Fovendae 27 - 31 m. Iulii 2017
in Universitate Studiorum Kentukiana

Litteris Latinis deditos linguaeque Latinae studiosos hortamur, quicumque studium litterarum Latinarum cum Latine sermocinandi et scribendi consuetudine copulare soleant, ut ambobus conventibus intersint. Pretium adeundi ab unoquoque poscetur haud magnum: nam thaleros centenos vicenos (120) solvent singuli, ut aditum et in conventiculum et in conventum habeant. Scitote nos adeundi pretium iis ...

ΣΥΝΟΔΟΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ

Anyone with at least intermediate knowledge of ancient Greek and an interest in developing active competence in the language is invited to the first σύνοδος ἑλληνική at the University of Kentucky, modeled on the well-known Latin conventicula organized by Professor Terence Tunberg since 1996. From July 12-19, 2017, we will use ancient Greek as an active language of communication to talk about everyday objects and events and to discuss selections from a wide ...

salvete omnes! So, here's my obligatory introduction post?

I'm a beginner in Latin, currently learning with CLC and LLPSI. I am also interested in learning Greek in the future and hope to one day be able to read Classical writings in their original languages. (And maybe write poetry in Latin/Ancient Greek as well - over-ambitious?) I'll mainly be on Textkit to ask questions/for grammar help (so expect one from me soon, I guess).

Cheers!

My name is Al Kidd. I am a retired electronics technician and DC power technician. I have taught myself to read the New Testament in Greek, and the LXX, too; however, I want a greater proficiency in reading classical Greek texts, too. I think this resource (Textkit) will be very helpful.

Al

As it happens, the French take Classics very seriously. I just discovered this line of affordable bilingual texts from the French publisher Les Belles Lettres:
https://www.lesbelleslettres.com/collections/54-classiques-en-poche

They also have lines of more high quality texts (for varying prices):
https://www.lesbelleslettres.com/collections

If you can put up with the French textual apparatus and facing translation, it might be the thing for you.

As I understand, there are thriving communities of classical studies in other countries as well. Does ...

So far this year I've been having a lot of trouble motivating myself to read, and this is starting to take a toll on my Latin. It's not that I have no interest in reading -- whenever I do I feel better for it and I get something out of it intellectually -- and in a way this feeling down is silly because I've done a bit almost every day this month, though mostly small ...

Listening to audio is, as I understand it, one of the most efficient means of learning a language. But unfortunately, there is a serious lack of Ancient Greek audio available. Ionnis Stratakis of Podium-Arts has provided some great material but to me the cost is unreasonable when compared to other audiobooks. Many albums, operas, dramas and audiobooks can be found on DVD or CD for less than £10 per hour audio; a fraction of the ...

TE QUOQUE AD
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CENACULUM SANCTI HIERONYMI
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APUD MONASTERIUM VISITATIONIS
Mobili, in Alabama

Septem dierum,

a die 18a usque ad diem 24am mensis Julii
anno Domini 2017

EX ANIMO INVITAMUS
⇚ De accessu notitia Scheda inscriptionis ⇛

HEBDOMADA TRANQUILLA ET JUCUNDA

ubi lingua Latina erit nobis sermo communis. Lingua Latina est enim etiam hodie lingua Ecclesiæ viva; clavis est quæ thesaurum spiritualem integri ævi Christiani aperit. In hac hebdomada linguæ Latinæ loquendæ intelligendæ opportunitatem ...

I understand that I need to provide an introduction to post on this board.

I was meditating on James White's slavish adherence to Granville Sharpe's "rule" in 2P2:1 to "prove" the deity of Christ. Having lived long enough along with a Masters in TESOL (some familiarity with human language), I STRONGLY expected this was more of debate strategy rather than genuine linguistic relevance. I have been attempting to find non-evangelical sources (who do not have ...

salvetes omnes!

Hello, my name is Paul. I'm 18 (soon 19) and from Indiana.

I've had no formal education trying to learn Latin, but I have been interested in it for a while and only recently trying to learn it, and I just found this forum today!

After reading Julius Caesar in High School for an English class, I was interested in Ancient Rome, and then by extent, Latin. I also have a hobby of ...