Wheelock's Latin

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Title Latin
Author Frederic M. Wheelock
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.