Linney's Latin Class
 

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Class Orientation
Introduction
Lesson 1: The First Declension (Singular). The Nominative Case
Lesson 2: The First Declension (Plural)
Lesson 3: The First Conjugation: Present Indicative Active. The Accusative Case
Lesson 4: The Second Conjugation: Present Indicative Active. The Genitive with Nouns. Prepositions
Lesson 5: The Second Declension: Nouns in –us and –um. The Dative of Indirect Object
Lesson 6: The Third and Fourth Conjugations: Present Indicative Active. The Ablative of Means
Lesson 7: Review. Sight Reading
Lesson 8: Adjectives of the First and Second Declensions. Agreement of Adjectives
Lesson 9: The Second Declension: Nouns in –er and –ir. Adjectives in –er. The Present Indicative of sum. Predicate Noun (16 Megabytes)
Lesson 10: The Present Indicative Passive (Conjugations 1–4). The Ablative of the Agent
Lesson 11: The Third Declension: Nouns in –l, –o, and –r. The Imperfect Indicative of sum. The Dative of the Possessor
Lesson 12: The Third Declension: Nouns in –men and –us. The Imperfect Indicative (First Conjugation)
Lesson 13: Review. Sight Reading
Lesson 14: The Imperfect Indicative (Conjugations 2–4). Apposition. Review of the Nominative Case
Lesson 15: The Third Declension (continued). The Ablative of Specification
Lesson 16: The Future Indicative (Conjugations 1–2). Future of sum
Lesson 17: The Third Declension (continued). The Ablative of Time
Lesson 18: Gender in the Third Declension. The Future Indicative (Conjugations 3–4)
Lesson 19: Review. Sight Reading
Lesson 20: The Perfect Indicative Active (Conjugations 1–4). Irregular Adjectives of the First and Second Declensions
Lesson 21: The Relative Pronoun quī. Agreement of the Relative. Sentences and Clauses
Lesson 22: The Second Conjugation: The Demonstrative Pronouns is and īdem
Lesson 23: The Present Subjunctive (Conjugation 1 and sum). The Subjunctive of Purpose
Lesson 24: The Present Subjunctive (Conjugations 2–4). Some Noun Clauses with ut and nē
Lesson 25: Adjectives of the Third Declension. The Genitive with Adjectives
Lesson 26A: Supplemental Material
 

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Lesson 26B: The Beginning of Caesar's Gallic Wars
Lesson 27: The Imperfect Subjunctive (Conjugations 1–4). The Imperfect Subjunctive in Clauses of Purpose, etc
Lesson 28: The Present Infinitive. The Uses of the Infinitive. The Subject of the Infinitive


Lesson 29: The Present Participle. The Gerund. The Gerundive. The Present System


Lesson 30: Third Conjugation. Verbs in -iō. The Ablative of Manner
 

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Lesson 31: The Pronouns hīc, iste, ille, ipse. Caesar, I. 1 (continued)
Lesson 32: The Pluperfect and Future Perfect Indicative Active (Conjugations 1–4)
 

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Lesson 33: Review. Caesar, I. 1 (concluded)


Lesson 34: The Perfect Participle. The Ablative Absolute


Lesson 35: The Perfect, Pluperfect and Future Perfect Indicative Passive (Conjugations 1–4). Review of the Indicative Forms


Lesson 36: Comparison of Adjectives. Declension of Comparatives


Lesson 37: Comparison of Adjectives (continued). The Ablative after a Comparative


Lesson 38: Comparison of Adjectives (concluded). The Ablative of Degree of Difference. The Dative with Adjectives


Lesson 39: Review. Caesar, I. 2 (begun)


Lesson 40: Adverbs: Their Formation and Comparison


Lesson 41: The Fourth Declension. Caesar, I. 2 (continued)


Lesson 42: The Fifth Declension. Idioms. Stems of Nouns and Adjectives


Lesson 43: The Future Active Participle. The Future Active Infinitive. The Reflexive Pronoun suī


Lesson 44: Deponent and Semi-Deponent Verbs. The Ablative with ūtor, etc


Lesson 45: Review


Lesson 46: The Perfect and Pluperfect Subjunctive (Conjugations 1–4). Review of the Forms of the Subjunctive. Cum denoting Time


Lesson 47: Compounds of sum. The Dative with Compounds


Lesson 48: The Numeral mīlle. The Genitive of the Whole. The Accusative of Space and Time


Lesson 49: The Verb fīō. The Ablative of Cause. Caesar, I. 2 (concluded)


Lesson 50: The Subjunctive of Result. The Historical Present. The Sequence of Tenses


Lesson 51: Review. Caesar, I. 3 (begun)


Lesson 52: The Supine and its Uses. Expressions of Purpose. Caesar, I. 3 (continued)


Lesson 53: The Perfect Infinitive. Review of the Infinitive. The Perfect and Supine Systems. Caesar, I. 3 (concluded)


Lesson 54: Impersonal Verbs. Noun Clauses. Caesar, I. 4 (begun)


Lesson 55: The Verb eō. The Ablative of Accompaniment. Caesar, I. 4 (concluded)


Lesson 56: The Verb ferō. Expressions of Place. The Ablative of Separation. Caesar, I. 5 (begun)


Lesson 57: Review. Caesar, I. 5 (concluded)


Lesson 58: Numeral Adjectives. Clauses of Characteristic. Caesar, I. 6 (begun)


Lesson 59: The Genitive and Ablative of Description. Causal Clauses. Caesar, I. 6 (concluded)


Lesson 60: The Dative with Certain Verbs. Temporal Clauses. Caesar, I. 7 (begun)


Lesson 61: The Periphrastic Conjugations. The Dative of the Agent. Caesar, I. 7 (continued)


Lesson 62: The Verbs volō and nolō. Conditional sentences. Caesar, I. 7 (concluded)


Lesson 63: Review. Caesar, I. 8 (begun)


Lesson 64: The Interrogative Pronoun quis. Questions and Answers. Caesar, I. 8 (concluded)


Lesson 65: Personal Pronouns. Indefinite Pronouns. Review of Pronouns


Lesson 66: The Objective Genitive. Review of the Genitive. Caesar, 1. 9 (begun)


Lesson 67: The Datives of Purpose and of Reference. Review of the Dative. Caesar, I. 9 (concluded)


Lesson 68: Two Accusatives. Review of the Accusative and Ablative. Caesar, I. 10 (begun)


Lesson 69: The Imperative Mood. Negative Command. Caesar, I. 10 (concluded)


Lesson 70: Indirect Discourse. Caesar, I. 11 (begun)


Lesson 71: Review of the Indicative. Caesar, I. 11 (concluded)


Lesson 72: The Subjunctive in Principal Clauses. Caesar, I. 12 (begun)


Lesson 73: Concessive Clauses. Review of the Subjunctive in Subordinate Clauses. Caesar, I. 12 (concluded)