Beginning Latin Poetry Reader: 70 Selections from the Great Periods of Roman Verse and DramaEmbrace your Roman muse! As a learner of Latin, you want to experience the Roman world by reading its writers in their original language. But you may be unsure where to begin in the classical canon or you may worry that your Latin skills are insufficient to tackle authentic texts. Requiring only a grounding in the basics, Beginning Latin Poetry Reader lets you explore the rich and diverse range of Latin verse, including epics, comedies, satires, lyric poetry, and even graffiti! Inside you'll find seventy selections from authors of the early Republic such as Plautus and Terrance as well as those of the Golden and Silver Ages such as Vergil, Horace, Ovid, and Juvenal--all supported by helpful footnotes and English translations. This book also includes a clear overview of Latin syntax and the metrics of its verse, a glossary of all Latin words found in the readings, and a time line showing the historical and literary context of each author. Lose yourself in:
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... perf. pple. of ecfor an say; germana voc. sister; repente suddenly; recéclo -ere withdraw, go away. 14 nec sésé (: sé) conspectum lit., nor did he give himself to [my] sight (conspectus -1'1s M.)—Ilia had only heard her father, not seen ...
... perf. ind. act. e6 ire). 26 hocine : h6c + -ne (interr. particle); take hoc with modo, in this way; rem curatam suam his property looked after; offendo -ere find. ut eri sui corrumpat et rem et filium? nam ego 8 PLAUTUS.
... ~ére) of garlic (ilium -(i)i N.) [about you]—the perf. tense indicates that Grumio has been smelling of garlic throughout the conversation. Copyright © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Click here A Quarrel Between Slaves 9.
... perf. act. sentio -ire perceive, but trans. by the present [§0 66]; quicquam fallaciae (partitive gen. [§0 24]) lit., anything of deceit (fallacia -ae E), i.e., any deceit; nuptiae ~arum EPL. marriage; té conari acc.+inf. [§0 10]; quo ...
... perf. ind. act. vivo -ere live. 7f. data sum 1 sg. perf. ind. pass. d6 dare; Dis Ditis M. another name for Pluto, the king of the Underworld; longum per aevum for a long age (aevum -i N.); mansura f.sg. nom. of the fut. pple. of maneo ...