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Number of unique words in readers.

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So, I have a couple of readers lined up and I was wondering if you guys know the number of unique words appearing in the following works?
  • "Ora Maritima" and "Pro Patria" by Sonnenschein
    "Colloquia Latina" and "Easy Latin for Sight Reading" by D'Ooge
    "38 Latin Stories Designed to Accompany Wheelock's Latin" by Groton & May
    "Pons Tirorum" and "Puer Romanus" by Appleton & Jones
    "Annulus Primus" by Paine and Mainwaring
    "Fabulae Faciles" by Ritchie
    "First Latin Reader" by Nutting
    "Latin reader - nature study and easy stories for sight reading ..." by Reynolds
    "Wheelock's Latin Reader" by LaFleur
    "Fabulae Ab Urbe Condita"
    "Easy Latin Stories for Beginners" by Bennett
    "Second Year Latin" by Greenough
These I know:
  • 554 words - "Cornelia" by Mima Maxey
    588 words - Carolus et Maria" by Marjories Fay
    800 words - "Julia" by Maud Reed
    ~1000 words - "Civis Romanus" by Cabban & Colebourn
    ~1300 words - "Camilla" by Maud Reed
    ~1500 words - "First Latin lessons" by Harry Fletcher Scott
    ~3000 words - "Ad Alpes" by Nutting

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Re: Number of unique words in readers.

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Okay. I counted the words from the dictionaries of 4 of the texts.

~900 "Ora Maritima" by Sonnenschein
~1200 "Latin reader - nature study and easy stories for..." by Reynolds
~1700 "First Latin Reader" by Nutting
~2300 "Easy Latin Stories for Beginners" by Bennett

That makes the list:
  • 554 words - "Cornelia" by Mima Maxey
    588 words - Carolus et Maria" by Marjories Fay
    ~800 words - "Julia" by Maud Reed
    ~900 words - "Ora Maritima" by Sonnenschein
    ~1000 words - "Civis Romanus" by Cabban & Colebourn
    ~1200 words - "Latin reader - nature study and easy stories for..." by Reynolds
    ~1300 words - "Camilla" by Maud Reed
    ~1500 words - "First Latin lessons" by Harry Fletcher Scott
    ~1700 words - "First Latin Reader" by Nutting
    ~2300 words - "Easy Latin Stories for Beginners" by Bennett
    ~3000 words - "Ad Alpes" by Nutting

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Re: Number of unique words in readers.

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I counted some more words.

208 words - "Cloelia, puella Rōmāna" by Eleanor Arnold
~250 words - "Pons Tirorum" by Appleton & Jones
~450 words - "Colloquia Latina" by D'Ooge
~1200 words - "Annulus Primus" by Paine and Mainwaring
~1300 words - "Pro Patria" by Sonnenschein
  • 208 words - "Cloelia, puella Rōmāna" by Eleanor Arnold
    ~250 words - "Pons Tirorum" by Appleton & Jones
    ~450 words - "Colloquia Latina" by D'Ooge
    554 words - "Cornelia" by Mima Maxey
    588 words - Carolus et Maria" by Marjories Fay
    ~800 words - "Julia" by Maud Reed
    ~900 words - "Ora Maritima" by Sonnenschein
    ~1000 words - "Civis Romanus" by Cabban & Colebourn
    ~1200 words - "Annulus Primus" by Paine and Mainwaring
    ~1200 words - "Latin reader - nature study and easy stories for..." by Reynolds
    ~1300 words - "Camilla" by Maud Reed
    ~1300 words - "Pro Patria" by Sonnenschein
    ~1500 words - "First Latin lessons" by Harry Fletcher Scott
    ~1700 words - "First Latin Reader" by Nutting
    ~2300 words - "Easy Latin Stories for Beginners" by Bennett
    ~3000 words - "Ad Alpes" by Nutting

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Apart from these older (graded) readers, 35+ easy novellas have been published over the past 3 years, with word counts ranging from 20 to 440.

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Here is a few more:

~900 words - "38 Latin Stories Designed to ..." by Groton & May
~2600 words - "Via Latina; an easy latin reader" by Collar
~2800 words - "Epitome Historiae Graecae" by Thomae Vallaurii
~4000 words - "Wheelock's Latin Reader" by LaFleur
~4000 words - "Epitome Historiae Romae" by Thomae Vallaurii

Making the list:
  • 208 words - "Cloelia, puella Rōmāna" by Eleanor Arnold
    ~250 words - "Pons Tirorum" by Appleton & Jones
    ~450 words - "Colloquia Latina" by D'Ooge
    554 words - "Cornelia" by Mima Maxey
    588 words - Carolus et Maria" by Marjories Fay
    ~800 words - "Julia" by Maud Reed
    ~900 words - "Ora Maritima" by Sonnenschein
    ~900 words - "38 Latin Stories Designed to ..." by Groton & May
    ~1000 words - "Civis Romanus" by Cabban & Colebourn
    ~1200 words - "Annulus Primus" by Paine and Mainwaring
    ~1200 words - "Latin reader - nature study and easy stories for..." by Reynolds
    ~1300 words - "Camilla" by Maud Reed
    ~1300 words - "Pro Patria" by Sonnenschein
    ~1500 words - "First Latin lessons" by Harry Fletcher Scott
    ~1700 words - "First Latin Reader" by Nutting
    ~2300 words - "Easy Latin Stories for Beginners" by Bennett
    ~2600 words - "Via Latina; an easy latin reader" by Collar
    ~2800 words - "Epitome Historiae Graecae" by Thomae Vallaurii
    ~3000 words - "Ad Alpes" by Nutting
    ~4000 words - "Wheelock's Latin Reader" by LaFleur
    ~4000 words - "Epitome Historiae Romae" by Thomae Vallaurii

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A few more:

~1100 words - "A Second Latin Reader" by Vincent
~1400 words - "Selections Illustrative of Roman Life" by Keene
~2000 words - "Intermediate Oral Latin Reader" by Jones
~4000 words - "Viri Romae Illustres" by Lhomond

List of Latin readers based on the number of unique words they contain:
  • 208 words - "Cloelia, puella Rōmāna" by Eleanor Arnold
    ~250 words - "Pons Tirorum" by Appleton & Jones
    ~450 words - "Colloquia Latina" by D'Ooge
    554 words - "Cornelia" by Mima Maxey
    588 words - Carolus et Maria" by Marjories Fay
    ~800 words - "Julia" by Maud Reed
    ~900 words - "Ora Maritima" by Sonnenschein
    ~900 words - "38 Latin Stories Designed to ..." by Groton & May
    ~1000 words - "Civis Romanus" by Cabban & Colebourn
    ~1100 words - "A Second Latin Reader" by Vincent
    ~1200 words - "Annulus Primus" by Paine and Mainwaring
    ~1200 words - "Latin reader - nature study and easy stories for..." by Reynolds
    ~1300 words - "Camilla" by Maud Reed
    ~1300 words - "Pro Patria" by Sonnenschein
    ~1400 words - "Selections Illustrative of Roman Life" by Keene
    ~1500 words - "First Latin lessons" by Harry Fletcher Scott
    ~1700 words - "First Latin Reader" by Nutting
    ~2000 words - "Intermediate Oral Latin Reader" by Jones
    ~2300 words - "Easy Latin Stories for Beginners" by Bennett
    ~2600 words - "Via Latina; an easy latin reader" by Collar
    ~2800 words - "Epitome Historiae Graecae" by Thomae Vallaurii
    ~3000 words - "Ad Alpes" by Nutting
    ~4000 words - "Wheelock's Latin Reader" by LaFleur
    ~4000 words - "Viri Romae Illustres" by Lhomond
    ~4000 words - "Epitome Historiae Romae" by Thomae Vallaurii

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"Pons Tirorum" uses way more than 250 unique words. On page LXXXXI starts a list of words readers should already be familiar with...

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Re: Number of unique words in readers.

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Just for clarification, what do you mean by a "word"?
For example, are "amo, amas, amat" three words or one word?

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I assumed that the dictionary entries would be a accurate reflection of how many words / lemmas each book contains. The thought that "amas" and "amat" would be considered different words didn't really occur to me. And yes, the ones that I checked out were based on dictionary entries. The ones from the first post were from another source. :oops:

I'll recheck the Pons Tirorum at least!

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For the life of me I can not figure out how I must have misestimated Pons Tirorum. It actually has almost a thousand dictionary entries including the ones that the book says it assumes the knowledge of...

Anyway. I leave this as it is. That's 25 entries with each book conceivably introducing only a few new words per page compared in addition to the lot preceding it.
  • 208 words - "Cloelia, puella Rōmāna" by Eleanor Arnold
    ~450 words - "Colloquia Latina" by D'Ooge
    554 words - "Cornelia" by Mima Maxey
    588 words - Carolus et Maria" by Marjories Fay
    ~800 words - "Julia" by Maud Reed
    ~900 words - "Ora Maritima" by Sonnenschein
    ~900 words - "38 Latin Stories Designed to ..." by Groton & May
    ~1000 words - "Pons Tirorum" by Appleton & Jones
    ~1000 words - "Civis Romanus" by Cabban & Colebourn
    ~1100 words - "A Second Latin Reader" by Vincent
    ~1200 words - "Annulus Primus" by Paine and Mainwaring
    ~1200 words - "Latin reader - nature study and easy stories for..." by Reynolds
    ~1300 words - "Camilla" by Maud Reed
    ~1300 words - "Pro Patria" by Sonnenschein
    ~1400 words - "Selections Illustrative of Roman Life" by Keene
    ~1500 words - "First Latin lessons" by Harry Fletcher Scott
    ~1700 words - "First Latin Reader" by Nutting
    ~2000 words - "Intermediate Oral Latin Reader" by Jones
    ~2300 words - "Easy Latin Stories for Beginners" by Bennett
    ~2600 words - "Via Latina; an easy latin reader" by Collar
    ~2800 words - "Epitome Historiae Graecae" by Thomae Vallaurii
    ~3000 words - "Ad Alpes" by Nutting
    ~4000 words - "Wheelock's Latin Reader" by LaFleur
    ~4000 words - "Viri Romae Illustres" by Lhomond
    ~4000 words - "Epitome Historiae Romae" by Thomae Vallaurii

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350 Pugio Bruti - A Crime Story in Easy Latin Daniel Pettersson & Amelie Rosengren

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Re: Number of unique words in readers From the Easiest

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Another go beginning with the easiest. Word count doesn't tell the whole story, some may have longer and more complicated sentences, or more advanced grammar, but word count is still a good hint. If you are looking up too many words, try another, and come back to it later. And a few have audio.
I'm working my way through this list. It is amazing how much lots of reading helps. Happy reading

Level A (Low Novice mid year)
20 Rufus Lutulentus Piso 1 (total 1,200 year 1 Piantaginni
28 Rufus et Lucia: Liberi Lutulentus Piso 2 (600) Piantaginni
25-70 Rufus et Lucia: Liberi Lutulentus Teachers Piantaginni
36 Piso Perturbatus Piso 4 (1450) Piantaggini
38 Drusilla in Subura Piso 5 2,000 Piantaggini
40 Rufus et Arma Atra Piso 6 (1,400) (Yr 1) Piantaginni ****audio
49-108 Rufus et Gladiatores Piso 7 Piantaggini
Taurus Rex "I Am Reading Latin Stories" Rose Williams
155 (80 cognates) Ego, Polyphemus Andre Olimpi #1,
120 (35 Cognates) Familia Mala: Saturnus et Iuppiter Olimpi #2, 22 ps,
120 Labyrinthus olimpi times

Older
49 New Latin Primer Maxey Chap 1-4 Pictures ****audio Millner) Meaning establish pictures
68 Cornelia by Mima Maxey Chap 1-4 ****audio Millner) same words as above

Level B Novice mid to novice High
Repetitive, but more complicated plot, less visual, still one verb tense
52 Quīntus et nox horrifica Piso 8
58 Drusilla et Convivium Magarum Piso 9 3400 Piantaginni
65 Agrippina: Mater Fortis Piso 10 (1,400) Piantaginni
44-86 Livia Mater Eloquens Piso 11 Piantaginni
80 Arma Virumque Numero Michael Waehner
32 Passer Catulli (prima luce) Michael Waehner
150 Leo Molossus: one dog’s adventure in the Roman Army
125 Brandō Brown (tot 3700). Justin Slocum Baley ****audio

Text books chapters 1-4
49 New Latin Primer Maxey 1-4 49 words Pictures
(****audio Millner) Meaning establish pictures
68 Cornelia by Mima Maxey 1-4 68 words
(****audio Millner) same words as above

Level C Novice High (End year 1)
Flashbacks, present and future, succession of a new leader.
68 Lucia Puella Mala (68 words) Arianne Belzer
148 Pluto: Fabula Amoris 148 words (year 1-2)
Total word count: 1114 more difficult than Rufus novels
Rena Rhinoceros "I Am Reading Latin Stories" Rose Williams
130 Via Periculosa Andrew Olimpi #6 words
143 Marcus et Imāginēs Suae Bonae (yr 1-2)
44-86 Livia Mater Eloquentia Piantaggini

Level D Intermediate (early year 2)
Longer sentences, complex verb forms and clauses but limited vocab
250 Iter Icari
206 Eurydice Patrick & Ash yr 1-2
167 Clavis Apollonis 25 pages,
125 Filia Regis et Monstrum Horribile Olimpi #5 Tot 3771 yr 2-3
500+ First Latin Reader Vincent
588 "Carolus et Maria" by Marjorie Fay PDF
800 "Julia" by Maud Reed.
900 words - "Ora Maritima" by Sonnenschein **** Audio Millner
1200 Annulus Primus" by Paine and Mainwaring
1300 "Camilla" Second Year by Maud Reed.
1200 Latin reader - nature study and easy stories for..." by Reynolds (Reviewed as Boring?)
1300 Pro Patria" by Sonnenschein ****audio Millner
1400 Selections Illustrative of Roman Life" by Keene
1500 First Latin lessons" by Harry Fletcher Scott

Level E (mid year 2) (2-3)
208 Cloelia Puella Romana (year 2-3) 4000.
242 Iter Mirabile Dennis et Debrae (Tot 2800)
217 Camilla by Rachel Ash ..$6 Place?
300 Perseus et Rex Malus Olimpi #7 (3391) year 2-3
300 Perseus et Medusa Olimpi #8 (/3870) yr 2-3
108 Piso Ille Poetulus Piso 13 (year 1-3) 2935
? Fortuna Fortibus Favet: viae variae patent
? Calio: Fabula Latina 2017 Michael Hirschler

800 Julia: A Latin Reading Book, Maude Reed.
1000 Camilla A Latin Reading Book, Maude Reed. MacMillan, 1926 year 2 (3)
300 Perseus 1-11 Fabulae Faciles Steadman or D’Ooge ****audio Justin Slocum Bailey and Cori Russo
900 words - "38 Latin Stories " Groton & May

Level F Intermediate Latin 3
More Latin word order,
96 fragmenta Pisonis Piso 11 Vol. 1: Latin Poetry (yr 1-3)
400 Tres Fabulae Horrificae
150 Maximus et Caecilia
347 Itinera Petri: Flammae Ducent ( total 4281) (yr 3-4)
235 De Claustro Magico yr 3-4 (total 800
270 Dominus Quixotus: Eques Ultimus (Tot 1160)
1100 Second Latin Reader Vincent
1000 Civis Romanus" by Cabban & Colebourn
1000 Pons Tironum Appleton & Jones' (subjunctive)

Level G Advanced Low
Conventional Latin Sintax, complex clauses not repetititive
450 words - "Colloquia Latina" by D'Ooge
1700 First Reader Nutting
2000 Intermediate Oral Latin Reader" by Jones
2300 Easy Latin Stories for Beginners" by Bennett
2600 Via Latina; an easy latin reader" by Collar
2800 Epitome Historiae Graecae" by Thomae Vallaurii $8.00 (French
3000 Ad Alpes by H.C. Nutting 200 pages
4000 Wheelock's Latin Reader" by LaFleur
4000 Viri Romae Illustres" by Lhomond 4000 words
4000 Epitome Historiae Romae" Thomae Vallaurii

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Not a book, but worth mentioning: clicking through every page of every 'lectionis' and 'extra' story at trescolumnae.com gives you a a long, graded, continuous narrative, currently with a total length of 154.475 (!) words, using a vocab of 3191 (of which about 950 are names, numerals, singletons and a few typos) (according to my counts).

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1,000 Civis Romanus a Reader for the first two years of Latin Colbban and Colebourn (The first stories are pretty easy). has roughly 1,000 unique words.
1,332 Duces Romanorum Rose Williams (yr 3) has roughly 1,332 unique words. Buy the teacher's addition, it has notes and English translations.

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Appreciate this is a very old thread - do you happen to know if any the books you have listed are avaliable in pure text format (i.e. OCRed as opposed to just a pdf). I am quite keen to read them on my Kindle (used in conjunction with Millner's recordings)?

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