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Caesar and the Pirates

A request went through one of the Latin listservs for a specific (textbook) version of the famous tale of Caesar and the pirates (namely that from Civ

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Dennis in Language, Pedagogy | October 1, 2010 | 803 Words

The vocative case? Really?

I kind of like Ecce Romani, but one thing that bugs me is the inclusion of the vocative case in noun paradigms. What is the pedagogical justification

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Dennis in Language, Pedagogy | September 28, 2010 | 223 Words

“Why?”: Some old questions on Latin pedagogy

Gonzalez Lodge, best known as the junior author of Gildersleeve’s grammar, asked and answered four questions in 1903 which may still be instructive fo

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Dennis in Language, Pedagogy | September 26, 2010 | 1,089 Words

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