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Return to Study Center Introduction In our first lesson, we studied the letters and sounds of the Latin language. At the end of that lesson, we learned that letters are used to make syllables, syllables are used to make words, and words are used to make sentences, or speech (oratio). Words are the “parts of speech”, and to make sentences, we must learn how to use words correctly. We study this in “Etymology”, which is the second part of Grammar. Unfortunately, there are thousands of words, and this is no easy task. Thankfully, though there are thousands of words, they … Continue

Welcome to Latin Grammar I. The text we will be studying in this course is the Latin Grammar of the 16th century Jesuit schoolmaster Rev. Emmanuel Alvarez; a text that was studied by Catholics for several centuries. In this course, we will study the first two parts of Latin Grammar: Orthography and Etymology. Orthography is the study of the letters and sounds of the language. Etymology is the study of the words of a language, with their forms and meanings. Let us begin the study of Latin Orthography. To complete the objectives for this lesson, complete the following tasks: Lesson … Continue

In this lesson, we study the first five verses of the first chapter of the Gospel of St. John. ANALYSIS 1 Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος. Ἐν (en): prep (dat) = “in”ἀρχῇ (archē): sub, dat, sing, fem = “beginning”ἦν (ēn): verb, 3rd, sing, imperf, act, ind = “was”ὁ (ho): art, nom, sing, masc = “the”λόγος (logos): sub, nom, sing, masc = “word”καὶ (kai): conj = “and”ὁ (ho): art, nom, sing, masc = “the”λόγος (logos): sub, nom, sing, masc = “word”ἦν (ēn): verb, 3rd, sing, imperf, act, ind = … Continue

Latin vocabulary is extremely important in our intellectual life. There are three important benefits to be gained by the study of Latin vocabulary.

Printable guide to praying the Dominican Rosary, in Latin. Shared in our Lay Dominican meeting. -WCM