# Learning Latin **URL:** https://www.textkit.com/c/latin/learning-latin/16.md [Latest](https://www.textkit.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://www.textkit.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://www.textkit.com/tags.md) --- ## [About the Learning Latin category](https://www.textkit.com/t/about-the-learning-latin-category/19)
**Author:** [@system](https://www.textkit.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2002, 7:19pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/about-the-learning-latin-category/19 "2002-08-17T19:19:16Z")
Learning Latin — Use this board to ask questions about grammar, discuss learning strategies, get help with a difficult passage of Latin, and more. --- ## [RULES OF THE LATIN BOARD](https://www.textkit.com/t/rules-of-the-latin-board/1168)
**Author:** [@benissimus](https://www.textkit.com/u/benissimus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2004, 11:49am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/rules-of-the-latin-board/1168 "2004-09-18T11:49:38Z")
Welcome to the Latin Forum :smiley: This forum is here to provide help to those in the process of learning Latin, and also to discuss topics specifically geared towards Latin and Rome no matter what your level of educa… --- ## [Asking for Homework/Translation Help](https://www.textkit.com/t/asking-for-homework-translation-help/1167)
**Author:** [@benissimus](https://www.textkit.com/u/benissimus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2004, 8:08am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/asking-for-homework-translation-help/1167 "2004-01-14T08:08:17Z")
The Textkit Greek and Latin Forum was created to help site visitors meet and help each other improve their Greek and Latin skills. With that in mind, it is acceptable to request help with translations. However there are … --- ## [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:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2026, 2:31pm 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 "2026-10-27T14:31:42Z")
(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… --- ## [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 --- ## ["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 --- ## [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 … --- ## [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… --- ## [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… --- ## [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… --- ## [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 … --- ## [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… --- ## [Thomas Aquinas reader](https://www.textkit.com/t/thomas-aquinas-reader/31151)
**Author:** [@levi\_ke](https://www.textkit.com/u/levi_ke)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/thomas-aquinas-reader/31151 "2026-05-02T22:14:28Z")
Do you know any Latin readers of Thomas Aquinas? Does readers edition with grammar or any commentary exsist ? I’d like to read Saint Thomas in Latin but I don’t find any help with reading. --- ## [Any audiobooks of Lhomond's Epitome Historiæ Sacræ out there?](https://www.textkit.com/t/any-audiobooks-of-lhomonds-epitome-historiae-sacrae-out-there/31145)
**Author:** [@IoannesSanctaeMariae](https://www.textkit.com/u/IoannesSanctaeMariae)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 12:02am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/any-audiobooks-of-lhomonds-epitome-historiae-sacrae-out-there/31145 "2026-04-28T00:02:09Z")
Salvete, amici! I have been searching audiobooks to hear when I cannot read a book (and also to develop fluency in understading things at a reasonable pace; I suppose that if you can hear someone reading and understand … --- ## ["Uterque obtulit dona Domino: Cainus quidem fructus terrae" (Epitome Historiae Sacrae, Prima Aetas, 8)](https://www.textkit.com/t/uterque-obtulit-dona-domino-cainus-quidem-fructus-terrae-epitome-historiae-sacrae-prima-aetas-8/31121)
**Author:** [@IoannesSanctaeMariae](https://www.textkit.com/u/IoannesSanctaeMariae)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 10:51pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/uterque-obtulit-dona-domino-cainus-quidem-fructus-terrae-epitome-historiae-sacrae-prima-aetas-8/31121 "2026-04-07T22:51:36Z")
(As Ørberg’s Sermones have words altered from the original, I decided to just read other texts made for beginners. If I am to read original authors, let me read their own words!) In “Uterque \[Cainus et Abel\] obtulit don… --- ## [Reading Saint Augustine, Thomas Aquinas](https://www.textkit.com/t/reading-saint-augustine-thomas-aquinas/31120)
**Author:** [@levi\_ke](https://www.textkit.com/u/levi_ke)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/reading-saint-augustine-thomas-aquinas/31120 "2026-04-06T20:05:56Z")
I have finished Primer Ecclesiatical Latin by John F. Collins and I want to continue my Latin learning. My goal is to read Aquinas and Saint Augustine. Now I read “The Gospel of John in Greek and Latin: A Comparative I… --- ## [Doubt on Tacitus (Ab Excessu Divi Augusti, II, 10)](https://www.textkit.com/t/doubt-on-tacitus-ab-excessu-divi-augusti-ii-10/31115)
**Author:** [@IoannesSanctaeMariae](https://www.textkit.com/u/IoannesSanctaeMariae)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/doubt-on-tacitus-ab-excessu-divi-augusti-ii-10/31115 "2026-04-04T16:24:48Z")
Salvete! In the following passage: “…matrem precum sociam ne propinquiorum et affinium, denique gentis suae desertor et proditor quam liberator esse mallet“, why are “liberator“, “desertor“, and “proditor“ in the Nomina… --- ## [Doubt on Phaedrus. IV. 22 (De Simonide Naufrago)](https://www.textkit.com/t/doubt-on-phaedrus-iv-22-de-simonide-naufrago/31096)
**Author:** [@IoannesSanctaeMariae](https://www.textkit.com/u/IoannesSanctaeMariae)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2026, 9:39pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/doubt-on-phaedrus-iv-22-de-simonide-naufrago/31096 "2026-03-24T21:39:53Z")
In the following verse: redire in patriam voluit cursu per mare What is that “cursu“ doing? “Redire in patriam voluit“ is “He wished to return to his country“; “per mare“ seems to be referring to “redire“, “return by… --- ## [Le Latin Sans Peine by C. Desessard](https://www.textkit.com/t/le-latin-sans-peine-by-c-desessard/21085)
**Author:** [@classicist](https://www.textkit.com/u/classicist)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2026, 5:01pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/le-latin-sans-peine-by-c-desessard/21085 "2026-03-22T17:01:04Z")
I once owned a copy of this book many years ago but never used it. I no longer have a copy. Just curious as to whether anyone on this forum actually used/uses this book and what they think of it. https://archive.org/d… [Next page](https://www.textkit.com/c/latin/learning-latin/16.md?page=1)