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Latin Grammar in Latin?

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there must be single-volume Latin grammars along the lines of Gildersleeve or Allen & Greenough, except written entirely in latin, most likely from the 19th century. I'm sort of surprised I'm coming up empty, anyone have any ideas?

I did come across the amazing Grammatici Latini, but thats not exactly a "handy reference":

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Keil


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estne bonus libellus?

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Mihi saltem opus bonum videtur. Hoc autem super tegumento legitur:
Grammatica Latina Romano sermone conscripta perraro invenitur, ideoque plurimi ipsa est facienda eo potissimum quod, cum linguae docendae vivum usum proponat, eundem sermonem vivum reddit, qui vulgo mortuus putatur, atque recentiori rationi viaeque linguas docendi sese accommodat.
Hac in grammatica ponitur accentus in omnibus verbis quae duas excedunt syllabas: hoc modo facilius textus légitur et intellégitur.
Volumen eandem perséquitur rationem quam translaticiae Latinae grammaticae. Per typorum distinctiones, schémata, litterarum intervalla et tabulas, facilius discitur, matéries memoriae mandatur, volumen consulitur. Régulae perspicue enuntiantur et cum opus est in memoriam revocantur.
Innumera exercitia ex probatis antiquae aetatis christianique aevi scriptoribus sunt deprompta: diverbiorum, dialogi et salutationis sunt senténtiae, pariterque provérbia, effáta, sermonis ecclesiastici et biblici proprietates, collectanea, litterarum formae. Suum locum habent étiam nuntii telegraphici, Romanum Calendarium, litterae compendiariae, nec non brevis tractatus de re métrica, de mensuris deque Romanorum nummis.
Opus concludit parvum Léxicon novorum verborum in Latinum sermonem conversorum, addito rerum maioris momenti indice (A. Salvi).

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gratias tibi ago! de Amazone Italica poposci.

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here's a short treatise on Latin Grammar by Augustine:

https://archive.org/details/aureliiaugustin00augugoog

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