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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... trans. simply sister; viclébar I seemed (cf. visus [est] in l. 5). 8f. tarcla slow, adj. agreeing with the subject of viclébar, but trans. slowly [§0 55]; vestigare (vestigo search for), quaerere (quaero look for), and capessere ...
... trans. damn it!; hic ante aeclis here in front of the house. 7 an here introduces a direct question and implies surprise (here ironic), trans. do you think you are [still] in the country?; abscéclo -ere go away. 8 abi (2 sg. imp. abeo ...
... trans. hecause; créclo (I think) is parenthetical; pistrinum -i N. mill (for grinding flour)—the very hard labor of turning the millstone was a punishment dreaded by slaves; actutum in the near future; tradier (: tradi; trado -ere hand ...
... trans.follow. 189 hic cliés this day, which is the day fixed by Simo for his son's marriage; aliam alios trans. both difirerent; défero ~ferre hring; morés conduct, hehavior; postulo -ire require (but in l. 190 ask). 190 dehinc ...
... 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 minus (joined in classical Latin as ...