Web Reference Shelf

Course-pack materials for print-out
Plain text of all readings

Dictionaries and glossaries

• William Whittaker's Word

• Lewis-Short Latin Dictionary

• Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid
• Tutorials and glossary of terms used in Latin for Reading (Michigan)

Morphology drills

• Latin for Reading 101 and 102 Latin Drills (currently MAC only)

Syntax drills and reference tools

• SYNTAX DRILLS to Intro Readings and Caesar
• Guide to English Grammar and Writing
• Latin 231/232 Summary of Syntax (same as appears in the Latin 231 coursepack)

Commentaries and tutorials

• Clean copies of the assigned readings

• Kernel and Modifier tutorials
• Commentaries to the assigned readings

Reference on cultural background

• Encyclopedia Britannica entry on Aeneas
• Encyclopedia Britannica entry on Latinus
• Encyclopedia Britannica entry on Rome's foundation myth
• Encyclopedia Britannica entry on Livy
• The Roman Army: legions, camps, standards, officers, troops in Rome
• What did "drawn up battle-lines that have taken up position" look like ?
  Probably like a cohort, consisting of six smaller units (centuria).
• What did a century look like? What did a Roman general look like? What did a common soldier (legionary) look like?
• Sibyl resources.: Database of texts. Time-line of Roman history. Encyclopedia of Roman emperors until 238.
• Sources on the eruption of Vesuvius
• The atrium: the eruption of Vesuvius

LAT 231 COMPUTER RESOURCES ORIENTATION
Important URLs:
Web-page of the Elementary Latin Program: http://www.umich.edu/~classics/latin/
Syntax drills and other computer resources: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~markusdd/comp.html

1. Kernel-review through a Power-Point Presentation.
For the on-line version of the kernel-review, click on Building the Sentence I at
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~markusdd/comp.html.
For the next review in the sequence on Modifiers, click on Building the Sentence II.
OR click on Illustrated PowerPoint Kernel/Modifier tutorial at http://www.umich.edu/~classics/latin/231/index.html

2. How to locate and use on-line drills to strengthen your morphology skills.

Go to Web-page for the 231 Sections: http://www.umich.edu/~classics/latin/231/index.html
Click on LfR drills. Down-load the drills. You need to have Stuffit Expander to successfully download these exercises. You can use them ONLY ON A MAC!

Practice Task: A. Practice finite perfective forms with electronic morphology drills to LfR 9. Take the quick lesson plan and do the exercises related to Perfective stem forms and perfective stem morphology. B. For LfR 27 do exercises on Perfective forms and Past Perfective morphology.

3. How to locate and use on-line drills to strengthen your syntax skills.

Go to: http://www.umich.edu/~classics/latin/231/index.html and click on Syntax Drills
OR go directly to http://www-personal.umich.edu/~markusdd/comp.html.

Practice Task: Do all exercises to R. 1 & R 2.

4. How to locate and use on-line commentaries to texts read in class.
a. Illustrated commentaries: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~markusdd/comp.html

b. Commentaries with clickable word-by-word help with syntax function.
From http://www.umich.edu/~classics/latin/231/index.html click on Text Database or from http://www-personal.umich.edu/~markusdd/comp.html , click on Marked texts with commentary on syntax.

c. Glossary of terms. Access from http://www.umich.edu/~classics/latin/231/index.html
Practice Task:
Copy out a definition for Head of Construction:

5. How to do word-searches on-line efficiently.
Go to http://www-personal.umich.edu/~markusdd/comp.html. Click on Whittaker's Words or on Lewis -Short Latin Dictionary.
Practice Task: What is the form I.D. and meaning of abstulerunt? __________________

6. How to look up information on cultural background?
Go to course web-page at http://www-personal.umich.edu/~markusdd/231.F01.html. Click on reference shelf (computer support).
Practice Task: When was Rome founded and where did its founders come from?________