# Latin **URL:** https://www.textkit.com/c/latin/7.md [Latest](https://www.textkit.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://www.textkit.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://www.textkit.com/tags.md) --- ## [About the Latin category](https://www.textkit.com/t/about-the-latin-category/10)
**Author:** [@system](https://www.textkit.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/about-the-latin-category/10 "2025-04-26T21:35:33Z")
Make new topics in one of the sub-categories (ie., Learning Latin, Latin Poetry, etc.) --- ## [Textbook recommendations for friend who is doing a PhD is classics but has very little knowledge of either languages, but deep learning in the history, archeology, etc? (Rather specific details.)](https://www.textkit.com/t/textbook-recommendations-for-friend-who-is-doing-a-phd-is-classics-but-has-very-little-knowledge-of-either-languages-but-deep-learning-in-the-history-archeology-etc-rather-specific-details/31306)
**Author:** [@Jacobwondersabout](https://www.textkit.com/u/Jacobwondersabout)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2026, 3:01am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/textbook-recommendations-for-friend-who-is-doing-a-phd-is-classics-but-has-very-little-knowledge-of-either-languages-but-deep-learning-in-the-history-archeology-etc-rather-specific-details/31306 "2026-10-26T03:01:10Z")
(If this post is doing something improperly, please correct me; apologies in advance.) My friend is doing a PhD in classics, and has not taken any Latin courses since the very beginning of his MA. He has told me he stru… --- ## [Guide to learn latin from zero](https://www.textkit.com/t/guide-to-learn-latin-from-zero/31304)
**Author:** [@MTK](https://www.textkit.com/u/MTK)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2026, 5:41pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/guide-to-learn-latin-from-zero/31304 "2026-10-24T17:41:13Z")
Dear members of the forum, I have just found a guide for learners: from a source: Notebook to learn in Latin, no translation (no space before ‘dot com’ and likewise for hyperlinks) a) COURSE FOR ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS T… --- ## [Reading Ecclesiatical Latin (Augustine, Aquinas and other)](https://www.textkit.com/t/reading-ecclesiatical-latin-augustine-aquinas-and-other/31288)
**Author:** [@levi\_ke](https://www.textkit.com/u/levi_ke)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 4:32am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/reading-ecclesiatical-latin-augustine-aquinas-and-other/31288 "2026-10-08T04:32:38Z")
Before a few months I finished John F. Collins A Primer of Ecclesiasrical Latin. A started reading Vulgate New Testament (Gospels) because when I was learning Ancient Greek I started with Gospels also. I’d like to read … --- ## [Reading the Hymn to St John “Ut queant laxīs “](https://www.textkit.com/t/reading-the-hymn-to-st-john-ut-queant-laxis/31076)
**Author:** [@veronique.borde](https://www.textkit.com/u/veronique.borde)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/reading-the-hymn-to-st-john-ut-queant-laxis/31076 "2026-09-30T22:03:26Z")
I wonder how would a fluent Latinist (I mean one who understands everything at the first reading) understand this text (assuming it is the first time he reads it): Ut queant laxīs resonāre fibrīs Mīra gestōrum famulī t… --- ## [Good Latin recordings wanted](https://www.textkit.com/t/good-latin-recordings-wanted/31185)
**Author:** [@IoannesSanctaeMariae](https://www.textkit.com/u/IoannesSanctaeMariae)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/good-latin-recordings-wanted/31185 "2026-09-24T13:13:35Z")
Salvete, omnes! As I said in my Greek topic, I’ve been using more recordings in my studies to help me easily and pleasantly review what I’ve already seen. I’ve been hearing Bedwere’s readings of the Vulgate (very clearl… --- ## [Digital dictionaries: Forcellini](https://www.textkit.com/t/digital-dictionaries-forcellini/11742)
**Author:** [@Godmy](https://www.textkit.com/u/Godmy)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 12:31pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/digital-dictionaries-forcellini/11742 "2026-09-23T12:31:06Z")
(A resource), edit 2.8.2014 Hello, some months I ago I finished this project http://lexica.linguax.com/ ( http://www.linguax.com/lexica ) (has been edited 28.1.2014) where I pretty much make from PDF Latin dictionaries… --- ## [Whitaker's Words fails after upgrade to Mac OS 27 Golden Gate](https://www.textkit.com/t/whitakers-words-fails-after-upgrade-to-mac-os-27-golden-gate/31283)
**Author:** [@lupusinfabula](https://www.textkit.com/u/lupusinfabula)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 11:23am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/whitakers-words-fails-after-upgrade-to-mac-os-27-golden-gate/31283 "2026-09-21T11:23:39Z")
After Whitaker’s Words failed on my Mac mini after I upgraded to Mac OS 27 Golden Gate, I conferred with Claude (Anthropic’s AI), who diagnosed the problem: Rosetta wasn’t restored on upgrade. And in MacOS 28, Intel apps… --- ## [Talkpal.ai with latin](https://www.textkit.com/t/talkpal-ai-with-latin/31274)
**Author:** [@little\_flower](https://www.textkit.com/u/little_flower)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/talkpal-ai-with-latin/31274 "2026-09-08T21:13:29Z")
hi textkit community does any one know of good websites/ books to get a overall view of talkpal.ai. i use it to help me with my latin/ ancient greek studies. thanks, little flower --- ## [Translation error?](https://www.textkit.com/t/translation-error/31170)
**Author:** [@Anto](https://www.textkit.com/u/Anto)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2026, 7:26pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/translation-error/31170 "2026-09-07T19:26:34Z")
Hi everyone, I wanted to translate this sentence into Latin: “While the farmer drives the flock of sheep, the slowest clouds stood in the sky”. My translation was: “Agricolā pecum ovium agente, nūbēs lentissimae in c… --- ## [Arms - A Latin Dictionary digitalization](https://www.textkit.com/t/arms-a-latin-dictionary-digitalization/31272)
**Author:** [@lupusinfabula](https://www.textkit.com/u/lupusinfabula)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/arms-a-latin-dictionary-digitalization/31272 "2026-09-07T13:44:40Z")
This link is to digitized versions of Arms, Samuel Dwight. A Latin Dictionary for High School Students: A Book Giving the Fundamental Meanings of the 2100 Words Most Commonly Used in First, Second, Third, and Fourth Year… --- ## ["Quoad ejus fieri poterit"](https://www.textkit.com/t/quoad-ejus-fieri-poterit/31118)
**Author:** [@IoannesSanctaeMariae](https://www.textkit.com/u/IoannesSanctaeMariae)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/quoad-ejus-fieri-poterit/31118 "2026-09-05T13:33:39Z")
Salvete! I have found that expression in this passage of Alvarez’s De Institutione Grammatica: Illinc \[in rationem viamque tradendo qua Latinam Linguam discas\] omnia quae potius impedimento quam emolumento esse possun… --- ## [Genitive Plural of tenuis](https://www.textkit.com/t/genitive-plural-of-tenuis/31268)
**Author:** [@bedwere](https://www.textkit.com/u/bedwere)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2026, 12:39am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/genitive-plural-of-tenuis/31268 "2026-09-02T00:39:26Z")
Is the i in the genitive plural of tenuis a pure i vowel or the semivowel j? My feeling is for pure vowel, but I could not find a discussion anywhere. --- ## [Any suggestions for a good Latin audiobook?](https://www.textkit.com/t/any-suggestions-for-a-good-latin-audiobook/31250)
**Author:** [@CerdicPro](https://www.textkit.com/u/CerdicPro)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2026, 4:59am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/any-suggestions-for-a-good-latin-audiobook/31250 "2026-08-30T04:59:26Z")
Hello all, Does anyone have a good recommendation for an audiobook for learning Latin that I can listen to in my car? I can use CDs. Thanks, -Russ --- ## [Double vowels -- how to pronounce?](https://www.textkit.com/t/double-vowels-how-to-pronounce/31257)
**Author:** [@Straitsfan](https://www.textkit.com/u/Straitsfan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2026, 10:27pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/double-vowels-how-to-pronounce/31257 "2026-08-16T22:27:40Z")
Here are some examples: Tuum filii(of the son) manuum Not able to type macrons. So, my question is how are double vowels pronounced – are they long or short? or what if you have a word like filii, which is has a sh… --- ## [Ablative of place without preposition?](https://www.textkit.com/t/ablative-of-place-without-preposition/16901)
**Author:** [@Propertius](https://www.textkit.com/u/Propertius)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2026, 6:26am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/ablative-of-place-without-preposition/16901 "2026-08-15T06:26:34Z")
I learned that the ablative of place always uses a preposition. Yet in this sentence of Ch. XL of Orberg’s Roma Aeterna it doesn’t have a preposition. Qualis hospes tectis nostris successit Unless it’s not an ablative … --- ## [Virgil Georgics, Book 1, lines 47-48](https://www.textkit.com/t/virgil-georgics-book-1-lines-47-48/31253)
**Author:** [@hlawson38](https://www.textkit.com/u/hlawson38)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 9:56pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/virgil-georgics-book-1-lines-47-48/31253 "2026-08-14T21:56:38Z")
illa seges demum uotis respondet auari agricolae, bis quae solem, bis frigora sensit; Trial prose translation: Only that field, which twice has felt the sun, twice the frost, answers to the prayers of the covetous fa… --- ## [The “que” at the end of some Latin words](https://www.textkit.com/t/the-que-at-the-end-of-some-latin-words/31248)
**Author:** [@CerdicPro](https://www.textkit.com/u/CerdicPro)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 10:14am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/the-que-at-the-end-of-some-latin-words/31248 "2026-08-13T10:14:52Z")
Hello, I’m reading Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L Do’ooge, and I’m seeing some nouns ending in “que”. For example, according to the answer key, for the sentence …”The Romans are strong because of their helmets, cots … --- ## [Word ambiguity without definite article](https://www.textkit.com/t/word-ambiguity-without-definite-article/31148)
**Author:** [@spqr](https://www.textkit.com/u/spqr)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/word-ambiguity-without-definite-article/31148 "2026-07-27T14:58:47Z")
This is an old topic going back several years but I wanted to bring it up again not because I am trying to beat a dead horse but other forum members had offered solutions but the topic just drifted off without any furth… --- ## [Past Participles imported into Fourth Declension - has anyone heard of this?](https://www.textkit.com/t/past-participles-imported-into-fourth-declension-has-anyone-heard-of-this/31227)
**Author:** [@RufusCoppertop](https://www.textkit.com/u/RufusCoppertop)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/past-participles-imported-into-fourth-declension-has-anyone-heard-of-this/31227 "2026-07-23T17:46:21Z")
I have a feeling I’ve read somewhere that Past Participles can be used as nouns or adjectives with their masculine -us ending forms being treated as nouns of the Fourth Declension. Am I misremembering? --- ## [Epitomē Historiae Sacrae, 113 (in quā esset)](https://www.textkit.com/t/epitome-historiae-sacrae-113-in-qua-esset/31221)
**Author:** [@IoannesSanctaeMariae](https://www.textkit.com/u/IoannesSanctaeMariae)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 10:56pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/epitome-historiae-sacrae-113-in-qua-esset/31221 "2026-07-21T22:56:20Z")
Salvēte, sodālēs! In that chapter, the following reads: Accidit ut exercitus trajiceret silvam, in quā esset plūrimum mellis agrestis. Why is the subjuctive esset used instead of the indicative erat? It certainly is… --- ## [Struggling to find online sources for specefic texts](https://www.textkit.com/t/struggling-to-find-online-sources-for-specefic-texts/31219)
**Author:** [@TiredOwl](https://www.textkit.com/u/TiredOwl)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2026, 10:04am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/struggling-to-find-online-sources-for-specefic-texts/31219 "2026-07-14T10:04:23Z")
Hi all I am currently struggling to find online versions of seemingly a bit more obscure Latin resources. I am currently working on Theoduli Ecloga and I am looking for Seven Versions of Carolingian Pastoral by RPH Gree… --- ## [Classic Latin learning](https://www.textkit.com/t/classic-latin-learning/31208)
**Author:** [@levi\_ke](https://www.textkit.com/u/levi_ke)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2026, 6:49am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/classic-latin-learning/31208 "2026-07-06T06:49:50Z")
I have been finished John F Collins A Primal of Eclesiastical Latin book. Now I read Vulgate (particularly Gospels) and sometimes, when I have extra time, Summa Theologiae. But I’d like to reach a higher level in Latin … --- ## [Epitomē Historiae Sacrae, 107 (subjunctive)](https://www.textkit.com/t/epitome-historiae-sacrae-107-subjunctive/31209)
**Author:** [@IoannesSanctaeMariae](https://www.textkit.com/u/IoannesSanctaeMariae)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/epitome-historiae-sacrae-107-subjunctive/31209 "2026-07-03T13:13:04Z")
Salvēte, sodālēs! In that chapter, the following reads: Tum Deus Samuēlī: “Ego” ait, “afficiam domum Heli iīs malīs, quae nēmō audīre possit, quīn eī ambae aurēs tinniant, proptereā quod in līberōs suōs plūs aequō ind… --- ## [In Catilinam 1.9](https://www.textkit.com/t/in-catilinam-1-9/30812)
**Author:** [@Anto](https://www.textkit.com/u/Anto)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/in-catilinam-1-9/30812 "2026-07-01T20:14:27Z")
Hi all, I have a problem in translating the following sentence (only the part that is in bold): “domum meam māiōribus praesidiīs mūnīvī atque fīrmāvī, exclūsī eōs quōs tū ad mē salūtātum māne mīserās, cum illī ipsī vē… --- ## [Epitome Historiae Sacrae, 87 (quā)](https://www.textkit.com/t/epitome-historiae-sacrae-87-qua/31201)
**Author:** [@IoannesSanctaeMariae](https://www.textkit.com/u/IoannesSanctaeMariae)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2026, 7:25pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/epitome-historiae-sacrae-87-qua/31201 "2026-06-26T19:25:10Z")
Salvēte, amīcī! In that chapter, the following reads: “Rēx quoque Aegyptius, Hebraeōs gradientēs īnsecūtus, nōn dubitāvit mare, quā patēbat, ingredī cum ūniversō exercitū.” The marginalia say quā in a synonym for quā … --- ## [LLPSI, CAP. 34 -- lines 68 - 70](https://www.textkit.com/t/llpsi-cap-34-lines-68-70/31196)
**Author:** [@Straitsfan](https://www.textkit.com/u/Straitsfan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 11:01pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/llpsi-cap-34-lines-68-70/31196 "2026-06-23T23:01:07Z")
Not sure of these lines: “Ego memoria teneo versus Ovidii de puellae quae poetam industrium prohibebat bellum Troianum canere et Fatum regis Priami” It’s the “quae poetam Industriumu prohibebat bellum Troianum canere…”… --- ## [On making audiobooks](https://www.textkit.com/t/on-making-audiobooks/31175)
**Author:** [@IoannesSanctaeMariae](https://www.textkit.com/u/IoannesSanctaeMariae)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/on-making-audiobooks/31175 "2026-05-27T16:52:34Z")
Salvete, amici! Last month I made a post asking for a recording of Lhomond’s Epitome Historiae Sacrae; today I had the idea of making myself recordings of my readings (not only of the Epitome, mind), for the use of both… --- ## [Question about the preposition "ab/ā"](https://www.textkit.com/t/question-about-the-preposition-ab-a/31160)
**Author:** [@xmetamorphosesx](https://www.textkit.com/u/xmetamorphosesx)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2026, 1:14pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/question-about-the-preposition-ab-a/31160 "2026-05-13T13:14:38Z")
I’m doing the exercises from Chapter 21 of Familia Romana (LLPSI). In Exercitium 2, item #12: Active: Fulgur caelum illūstrāvit = My wrong answer (Passive): “Caelum ā fulgure illūstrātum est.” Correct answer: “Caelum… --- ## [What are some good English sentences to stomp somebody who claims to know Latin grammar?](https://www.textkit.com/t/what-are-some-good-english-sentences-to-stomp-somebody-who-claims-to-know-latin-grammar/30772)
**Author:** [@FlatAssembler](https://www.textkit.com/u/FlatAssembler)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2026, 6:02pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/what-are-some-good-english-sentences-to-stomp-somebody-who-claims-to-know-latin-grammar/30772 "2026-05-10T18:02:17Z")
When somebody on an Internet forum claims to be good at Latin grammar, how can you actually know if he is? I think you can try it by having him translate those three seemingly-normal sentences into Latin: Heroes are n… [Next page](https://www.textkit.com/c/latin/7.md?page=1)