Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part 1: Getting Started with Latin 7
Chapter 1: You Already Know a Little Latin 9
Chapter 2: The Nitty Gritty: Basic Latin Grammar 23
Chapter 3: Salve! (Hello!): Greetings and Introductions 47
Part 2: Latin in Action 67
Chapter 4: The Roman Family and Social Structure 69
Chapter 5: Food and Housing in Roman Life 87
Chapter 6: The Roman Calendar 105
Chapter 7: The Roman Army 129
Chapter 8: Roman Entertainment and Sports 145
Chapter 9: Roman Government 161
Chapter 10: More Lasting Than Bronze: Latin Literature 185
Part 3: Latin in the Modern World 201
Chapter 11: Keeping It Simple, Silly 203
Chapter 12: The Decline and Fall of Roman Declensions 223
Chapter 13: We All Live In a Yellow Subordinate Clause 243
Chapter 14: Latin in Zoology and Botany 265
Chapter 15: Translating and Reading Latin 275
Chapter 16: Mottoes, Sayings, and Quotes: Cocktail Party Latin 299
Part 4: The Part of Tens 313
Chapter 17: More than Ten Loanwords from Latin 315
Chapter 18: Ten (or So) False Friends: Common Mistakes in Latin 321
Part 5: Appendices 327
Appendix A: Noun, Adjective, and Verb Tables 329
Appendix B: Latin-English Mini-Dictionary 353
Appendix C: Answer Key 381
Index 395
