LATN 2201
Intermediate Latin II
Continued study of the language; reading of selected prose and poetry by Latin authors; development of translation skills.
2025
Topics
- Wheelock, Ch 37 time constructions
- Chs 37-38
- Ch 38 characteristic; the supine
- Ch 39 Gerund; gerundive
- Chs 39-40 clauses
- Ch 40
- Wheelock chs 37-40 Test, 30%
- Ennius 34-50 Ilia’s dream
- Ennius 72-91 Romulus and Remus
- Ennius
- Lucretius 1.1-20 Invocation to Venus
- Lucretius 1.21-43 Invocation to Venus
- Catullus 50-70 Ariadne
- Catullus 71-93 Ariadne
- Vergil 1.1-11, 148-56 Proem, Statesman simile
- Verg 4.1-30 Dido in love
- Test, 30%
- Verg 4.160-72, 8.625-34 Wedding, shield of Aeneas
- Ovid 1.1-20 Proem, Chaos
- Ovid 1.89-112 The Golden Age
Readings
- Wheelock’s Latin, by Frederic M. Wheelock, revised by R. LaFleur 7th ed. rev. (New York, Harper Collins, 2011) A Latin Epic Reader: Selections from Ten Epics, Alison Keith, Bolchazy-Carducci, 2012
- Allen and Greenough’s New Latin Grammar, ed. A. Mahoney, Focus Press, 2001
- A Latin Dictionary, such as: An Elementary Latin Dictionary, Charlton T. Lewis, Oxford University Press, 1891 / 1984
- The Perseus Digital Library, particularly the word tool in their Greek and Roman materials: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3atext%3a1999.02.0130
2025
Readings
- Alison Keith (ed), A Latin Epic Reader: Selections from Ten Epics. Bolchazy-Carducci, 2012.
Prerequisites & course information
Precludes additional credit for LATN 2001. Prerequisite(s): LATN 2200 or equivalent. Tutorials three hours a week.