SODALICIUM INFORMATION

In the com­ing weeks and months, you’ll be get­ting ideas, tips, and learn­ing mate­r­i­al straight to your inbox!

Latini­tium is built on our firm belief that you can teach your­self Latin if you have a good moti­va­tion, method, and mate­r­i­al.

We aim to pro­vide that by cre­at­ing audio, video mate­r­i­al, and tuto­ri­als for the most com­mon needs and challenges.

Below you’ll find our most pop­u­lar resources:

ARTICLES

ADVICE FOR LEARNING LATIN

• How to learn Latin: Moti­va­tion, goals, and habits
  
• How to improve your Latin in 10 min­utes a day
  
• How to learn Latin from your things
  
• A guide to dic­tio­nar­ies of Latin syn­onyms – how to tell the difference
  

HISTORY & LANGUAGE

• How to ask polite­ly in Latin
  
• Latin class­es dur­ing the Roman Empire
  
• The ancient lan­guage of learn­ing and science
  
• What is Vul­gar Latin?

LATIN PROVERBS

Read in depth arti­cles dis­cussing the ori­gins and famous use of Latin proverbs.

• Lupus in fabula
  
• Omnia vincit amor
  
• Stilum vert­ere
  

Videos in Latin

Learn about his­to­ry, lit­er­a­ture, and expres­sions with videos all in Latin.

• Spo­ken Latin — Quid sig­ni­fi­cat “mag­ni aestimare”?
• Spo­ken Latin — Quid sig­ni­fi­cat “Artifex”?
• Spo­ken Latin — Quo­mo­do Cato sen­tec­tu­ti restiterit
• Her­cu­la­neum — A Tour of Her­cu­la­neum in Latin
• The Life and Works of Petro­n­ius (De vita operibusque Petronii)
• The Deed of Caedi­cius and the 400

Latin book club

In this series, Daniel Pet­ters­son recites pas­sages from Latin authors from antiq­ui­ty to the Neo-Latin period.

• Latin book Club — Julius Cae­sar and the Druids
• Latin Book Club — Don’t Read Too Many Books | Seneca
• Latin Book Club — What Did Cicero Think About Glad­i­a­tor Games?

MORE RESOURCES

LATIN DICTIONARIES

• Here you will find four dic­tio­nar­ies in one, i.e. you can search them all in one place and at the same time; Smith & Hall’s Eng­lish-Latin dic­tio­nary, Lewis & Short’s Latin-Eng­lish dic­tio­nary, Döder­lein’s Hand­book of Latin syn­onyms, and Ogilvie’s Horae Latinae.

BOOKS & Audiobooks IN LATIN

• Pugio Bru­ti — A Crime Sto­ry in Easy Latin
  (Paper­back, audio­book, and Online Course available)
• Ad Alpes – A Tale of Roman Life
  (Paper­back and audio­book available)
• Fab­u­lae Gal­li­cae — Fairy­tales in Latin