Wheelock's Latin
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Author | Frederic M. Wheelock |
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Country | United States of America |
Language | English |
Subject(s) | Latin Language |
Publisher | Barnes & Noble (Originally), Harper Collins |
Released | 1956 |
Media type | Print (Paperback, Hardcover) |
Pages | 510 |
ISBN | ISBN 0-06-078423-7 (6th Edition, Hardcover) 0060783710 (6th Edition, Paperback) |
Followed by | Wheelock's Reader |
Wheelock's Latin, officially titled Latin is a comprehensive, beginning Latin grammar. Chapters introduce related grammatical topics and assume little or no prior knowledge of grammar and language. At the end of each chapter are a collection of translation exercises created specifically for the book or taken directly from ancient sources. Those coming from the ancients (called "Sententiae Antiquae" -- lit., "old sentences or statements") may be either direct quotes or may be a paraphrase from the original document. Also interspersed in the text are introductions to Ancient Roman culture.