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ABOUT THE LATIN LANGUAGE

• A History of the Latin Language by Timothy J. Pulju

• The Latin Language by William Harris, Professor Emeritus, Middlebury College

LATIN RESOURCES

• Bibliotheca Latina: an illustrated "dictionary" defining Latin words by image and in Latin!

• Corpus Scriptorum Latinorum: a growing digital library of Latin literature, proofed and reviewed

• Parvum Verborum Novatorum Lexicum: a small list of new Latin words from the Vatican (in Italian)

• The Latin Library: a large collection of Latin texts from a variety of authors

LATIN IN EVERYDAY USE

• Archive of The Latin Lover with Fr. Reginald Foster: a collection of podcasts on a variety of topics by the head Latinist for the Pope
• Documenta Latina: the Latin version of the Vatican website
• Ephemeris: a newspaper in Latin!
• Google in Latin: Explorare Googles ope
• Nuntii Latini: weekly world news in Latin by Radio Finland
• Roman Numerals and Arithmetic: from Good Math, Bad Math
• Vicipaedia: Latin Wiki: that's Right... A Latin Wikipedia

ECCE VERITAS!

An interesting anecdote told to a Latin teacher by a friend from college:
"Did I ever tell you my high school Latin story? When I was a senior (in the 1980's) I dropped computer science COBOL class for Latin II. The computer teacher didn't want to sign my form because he considered Latin a "dead" language. The joke's on him now!"

(Note from Mr. Keith: COBOL was a computer programming language widely used about 20-25 years ago. It has since been replaced by more modern and efficient languages. Interestingly enough, though, Latin is still around and going strong!)

• Do You Need a Better Classical Education?: Take this quiz from lawyers.com to find out.
• An Apology for Latin and Math: Latin and math develop the mind in ways other subjects do not, from Memoria Press/The Classical Teacher
• Janus Rising: a neat article on getting a Classical education
• Back to Latin: an op-ed piece from The New York Times
• 10 Latin Quotes for the Underground: useful Latin quips for that annoying commute
• Student Transfers Capped at Springfield (IL) High School: Too Many Want to Take Latin!
• Excelsior! Teacher says Latin is the secret code of civilization -- and to college admissions: Article from the Melrose Free Press (Beverly, MA)
• The New Cicero: Interesting article of Obama's "classical" eloquence and the debt we in America owe to the ancient Romans
• Councils Ban "Elitist" and Discriminatory" Latin Phrases: From the Telegraph in the UK
• A Dead Language That's Very Much Alive: A story in The New York Times about the resurgence of Latin [10/07/08]
• Boris Johnson Orates: the mayor of London gives a speech in Latin to open show on Hadrian... and the Londoners listen! [7/25/08]
• Excelsior! Teacher says Latin is the secret code of civilization -- and to college admissions: an article from the Melrose Free Press in Beverly, MA [3/7/09]
• It's All Greek to Me: from The Scotsman
• Joe Paterno on Vergil: Penn State's famous football coach tells what Vergil's Aeneid has to do with football and life
• Latin Alive and Kicking: new stats on the rising interest and popularity of the study of Latin
• Latin Oration at Harvard University: Katie Van Schaik from South Carolina gives the annual Latin oration at the commencement exercises
• Latin Resurges in the Classroom: another story of Latin making a come-back, from the Athens Banner-Herald (3/9/09)
• Latin Still Hangs On: the rumors of Latin's demise in public schools have been greatly exaggerated, as explained in the brief article from 1917
• Latin Still on Our Lips: an interesting article from the Barbados Advocate [3/9/09]
• The New Learning That Failed: Victor Davis Hanson on the value of classical learning
• Schools Reviving a Dead Language: Magister Keith was interviewed by The Washington Post in 2002 and the article was picked up by CNN!
• Students Learn Roman Culture for Certamen Tournaments: a nice article from The Free Lance-Star about Latin students at Spotsylvania Middle School
• Vero Possumus: Barack Obama adopts a Latin motto for his "official seal"