Writing Latin

About this book

A completely new guide to writing Latin from scratch, this user-friendly book includes key features such as broad coverage—all the major grammatical constructions of the Latin language are covered, reinforcing what students have learnt from reading Latin; thorough accessible explanations—no previous experience of writing in Latin is assumed; hundreds of examples—clear, accurate illustrations of the constructions described, all with full translations; over six hundred practice sentences—graduated exercises leading students through three levels of difficulty from elementary to advanced level; an introduction to Latin word order—a brief guide to some of the most important principles; and longer passages for practising continuous prose composition—more challenging passages to stretch the most able students.