Latin Primer 1: Student Edition

by Martha Wilson, Laura Blakey (Editor)

Over half of the English language is derived from Latin.

amateur—amo, I love
Montana—mons, mountain
patriot—patria, native land
spectacular—specto, I look at
mural—murus, wall

These and thousands of other words we use every day keep this "dead" language—a language of kings and poets, of scrolls and secrets—alive. And this means that when we study Latin, we're not just learning about Rome—we're learning about ourselves. Rediscover this time-honored language, which led classical education pioneer Dorothy Sayers to declare that "Latin should be begun as early as possible ... when the chanting of amo, amas, amat is as ritually agreeable to the feelings as the chanting of eeny, meeny, miney, moe."

In Latin Primer 1 Martha Wilson equips elementary school students (grades 3 and up) with a solid foundation in classical Latin. Newly revised and expanded, this text covers the very basics: vocabulary for everyday concepts like farming, sailing, the human body, constellations, and family; verb and noun endings; and other beginning grammar concepts.

Genres: Education

200 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

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Martha Wilson received a bachelor's degree from Washington State University, majoring in both elementary education and fine arts. She studied Latin at New St. Andrews College and the Universtiy of Idaho, and taught at Logos School in Moscow, Idaho, from 1985-1991. She and her husband Jeff live in Georgetown, Kentucky, with their seven children in an old house on a quiet street. Most summers they drive their big tan van across the prairies and mountains to the Northwest, visiting and sightseeing along the way. As befitting a mother of seven, Martha is something of an expert on soups. Their family is part of the Georgetown Evangelical Free Church.