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Lingua Latina per se illustrata by Hans H. Orberg | |||||
 | Lingua Latina is a Latin course written entirely in Latin. It consists of two parts, “Familia Romana” the fundamental course, and Roma Aeterna, the advanced course, with a volume of Indices. It is considered a complete immersion course providing Latin which students can read and understand immediately. You may notice some of the books have a new look to them. These are the North America versions, identical to the original in content, but printed and distributed in all English speaking countries. Click on any category to the left for more details about the related materials.
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An Entertaining Narrative Lingua Latina provides a Latin text that students can read and understand immediately without any need for translation. In this text, every sentence is intelligible per se because the meaning and function of all new words and forms is made clear by the context or by illustrations or marginal notes. This demands a carefully graded text, but to make learning efficient the content must stimulate interest and make it easy for the reader to visualize the scenes described. To meet these demands the chapters of Part I form an eventful and entertaining narrative, which captivates students so that the look forward to reading the continuation of the story. The reading of this Latin ‘novel’ also serves as an introduction to the life and culture of ancient Rome.
Direct Understanding This Direct Method, based on understanding from the context, has proved efficient both for self-tuition and class teaching. An important factor is the satisfaction experienced by students when they discover that they can actually read and understand Latin immediately without parsing. Such direct understanding gives the students self-confidence and stimulates concentration. It sharpens their faculties of observations and reasoning, faculties that will be greatly needed as the sentences grow more complex. Reading in this way, they move on step by step towards the ultimate object of Lain teaching: the reading of Latin literature in Latin with real understanding and appreciation.
About the Author Hans Henning Ørberg, retired teacher, born 1920. 1946 MA in English, French and Latin at the University of Copenhagen. 1946-52 and 1961-63 teacher at various Danish highschools. 1953-61 on the staff of The Nature Method Institute, Copenhagen. 1963-88 teacher at Grenaa Gymnasium. Author of the Latin course Lingua Latina secundum naturae rationem explicata, first published 1955-56. New revised edition published 1990-91 under the title Lingua Latina per se illustrata, with a number of supplements. After his retirement he runs a publishing house called Domus Latina.
ReviewsOn teaching with the Lingua Latina series at all different levels of instruction: "None of Lingua Latina’s competitors achieve the seamless transition from the author’s Latin to ancient Latin authors that is the hallmark of the Ørberg series. When students read unadapted passages from ancient authors in Lingua Latina, they often have the impression that the ancient author’s work is even easier than the Ørberg Latin they are already reading without difficulty. This is because they have been well prepared by the meticulous and almost invisible gradations in Ørberg’s work – ars latet arte sua!" ~ C.G. Brown, University of Kentucky
"The beauty of Lingua Latina Pars II: Roma Aeterna is that Ørberg takes works of Vergil, Ovid, et al and paraphrases them in graded Latin that helps the student transition |to un-adapted texts. The further one goes in the book the more the mix changes |from adapted to un-adapted. ~ Robert Patrick, Parkview High School (Gwinnett County Public Schools)
"I first heard of LL a few months ago. My fellow Latin teacher and I were evaluating various texts with a goal of selecting what text to switch to next year. The folks at Focus Publishing gracious sent me the text with a few other resources (thank-you, Ron). At first, I did not think it realistic to suggest to my principle that we switch to LL -- too radical. After time, however, I became convinced that no other text would impart a reading knowledge of Latin as well as LL. And so, I first convinced my fellow Latin teacher that LL was superior to (what we were thinking of going to), then I convinced my principle. I am excited to share that our school will begin using Lingua Latina next year with our 6th, 7th, and 8th graders." ~ Mark Dawson, Liberty Classical Academy, Maplewood, MN
Praise for Lingua Latina: A College Companion by Jeanne Marie Neumann "Congratulations also from Michigan where another crop are working through Ørberg at break-neck speed. The College Companion (Disco as I will ever call it, except when I refer them to it as their "bible" in this class) is really helping out. Students don't know how lucky they are, but I notice that they aren't cutting corners on studying the Companion."
"I just received my copy this afternoon and *love* the format and all the good information inside this book. For a self-learner, this is *immensely* helpful! Like having you (the instructor) right across the desk showing me a new and different (easier) approach to the various aspects of this great language. I'm loving it! (And can't recommend it highly enough!) Thank you for putting this together." "I've been looking the book over and can see that it is going to help me a great deal in organizing and focusing my lesson preps for my private students, whom I only see once a week! [The College Companion] is very clearly laid out and beautifully done - thank you!!!! I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to receive this book on preview - I'd gladly pay for it." ~ Jeanne H., private Latin tutor
"THANK YOU. I received this a month ago and I am thrilled. I am self teaching, and this resource is making it so much easier for me to understand and move through the material with confidence I am learning and understanding what I should, chapter by chapter. Many adult self learners and homeschool families have struggled with or passed on Lingua Latina because they do not have access to Latin teachers and/or have no Latin experience, as such, the 100% direct approach has been less attractive than traditional guided approaches. This guide provides the Latin experience of a teacher guiding you through the course. All the grammar that you are to learn in each chapter is explained, and the new vocabulary is defined chapter by chapter so you don't have to look it up in a tiny print glossary that was my only resource before. The Companion is in English - while I applaud the idea that one can learn Latin by total immersion, as a self-learner, I am much more comfortable having the grammatical explanations in English! Having failed miserably trying to self-teach with Wheelock's, I found Lingua Latina to be much more intuitive, enjoyable and doable, but I struggled to understand the grammatical structure, and the Latin-only support materials made it an uphill climb to construct this myself. The Companion has made this information much more accessible and ensures that this direct method course is an effective way to learn Latin for me.
"I just received my copy this afternoon and *love* the format and all the good information inside this book. For a self-learner, this is *immensely* helpful! Like having you (the instructor) right across the desk showing me a new and different (easier) approach to the various aspects of this great language. I'm loving it! (And can't recommend it highly enough!) Thank you for > putting this together, I second that unreservedly. This is a fantastic resource and I'm going to be recommending it to everyone I know who's using LL."
I LOVE the new College Companion- I am also a homeschooling mom teaching in a co-op setting. It has been a huge help. I know some of the same info is in disco but the format and explanation is very clear and therefore USER FRIENDLY. I especially like the vocabulary section for each chapter. I also had an easier time even understanding the intro information pronunciation. ( I am used to the Ecclesial pronunciation). Thank you very much for the opportunity. I too have spread the word on the helpfulness of the book to the parents of my students. ~ Colleen, Raleigh, NC
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SET I: Familia Romana | |||||
Individual Books for Set I
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2005 • 1-58510-201-6 • paper • 328 pages • 6 x 9 • $21.00 | Buy this Book | 2006 • 1-58510-238-5 • hardcover • 328 pages • 6 x 9 • $25.00 | Buy this Book | Entirely composed in Latin, Part I, Familia Romana, provides an excellent introduction to Latin, including the essentials of Latin grammar and a basic vocabulary of over 1500 words. The thirty-five chapters describe the life of a Roman family in the 2nd century A.D., and culminate in readings from classical poets and Donatus’s Ars Grammatica, the standard Latin school text for a millennium. Each chapter is divided into two or three lectiones (lessons) of a couple pages each followed by a grammar section, Grammatica Latina, and three exercises or Pensa. Hans Ørberg’s impeccable Latinity, humorous stories, and the Peer Lauritzen illustrations make this work a classic. The book includes a table of inflections, a Roman calendar, and a word index, Index vocabulorum.
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2003 • 1-58510-050-1 • paper • 50 pages • $6.00 | Buy this Book | Student’s manual in English with a guide to pronunciation, instructions and information on key points to be noted in each chapter. This book is especially valuable for students working on their own or in home schooling, though also useful for school or university students. | |||||
2005 • 1-58510-223-7 • paper • 32 pages • $6.00 | Buy this Book | A Latin morphology. Includes tables of paradigms and forms corresponding to the course material. | |||||
2005 • 1-58510-212-1 • paper • 136 pages • $14.00 | Buy this Book | An extensive collection of exercises—entirely composed in Latin—for the 133 lectiones in Part I: Familia Romana. An important tool which every student will profit from and enjoy. Focus now publishes this title in the US and, although the cover and ISBN have changed, the contents are the same as the original book with the ISBN 87-997960-2-6. | |||||
1998 • 1-58510-049-8 • paper • 20 pages • $3.00 | Buy this Book | Vocabulary lists matching Part I: Familia Romana. This item can be purchased or downloaded in a word file by clicking here. Online Vocabulary Flash Cards here.
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Lingua Latina: A College Companion 2008 • 978-1-58510-191-7 • paper • 348 pages • $24.95 | Buy this Book | Based on Hans Orberg's Latine Disco, with Vocabulary and Grammar. Click here for more information. A grammar handbook to accompany Lingua Latina: Familia Romana, designed especially for college students who approach Lingua Latina at an accelerated pace.
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Companion Materials to Set I**Note: These materials cannot be requested as review or desk copies and must be purchased**
2006 • 1-58510-239-3 • 44 transparency masters & CD-ROM • $24.95 | Buy this Item | A set of 44 transparency masters, containing 264 images from Familia Romana and Colloquia Personarum. Also includes a CD of all images in jpeg format.
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2006 • 87-90696-13-1 • One disc • $50.00 | Buy this CD | This CD for Mac computers contains both parts of the Lingva Latina Per Se Illvstrata: Part I, Familia Romana and Part II, Roma Aeterna, with Indices, the two exercise books Exercitia Latina I and II, and the volume Grammatic Latina, a Latin morphology. Minimum Requirements: Mac OSX version 10.3, 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4, 256MB RAM, 700MB Hard disk space, 1024x768 screen resolution, and QuickTime player version 6.5. When doing the exercises on the computer the students need not put the macrons, but they are welcome to do so (using the [¨] or [1] key) and if they do, they will be told at once if they are right, because the answers displayed always have the correct macrons whether the students have put them or not. In this way the students can be required to get the macrons right (if they put a macron on a short vowel, the answer is rejected as incorrect). | |||||
2004 • 87-90696-08-5 • One disc • $29.95 | Buy this CD | This CD for PC computers contains the complete text of the book; a recording of 30 chapters in the classical Latin pronunciation; and a full interactive edition of the Pensa (or exercises). For more details, click here. Future editions of the same disc will be available for Linux platform. Demo available here [Note: 30Mb]. | |||||
2005 • 1-58510-192-3 • audio CD • $24.95 | Buy this CD | Contains an audio-recording of the first ten chapters of Familia Romana in the restored pronunciation of classical Latin. | |||||
2005 • 87-90696-10-7 • PC CD-ROM • $24.95 | Buy this CD | Contains supplementary grammatical exercises for each of the 133 lessons in Familia Romana.
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SET II - Roma Aeterna
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Individual Books for Set II | |||||
2003 • 978-1-58510-233-4 • paper • 424 pages • 6 x 9 • $32.00 | Buy this Book | 2003 • 978-1-58510-314-0 • hardcover • 424 pages • 6 x 9 • $35.00 | Buy this Book | In Part II, Roma Aeterna, the subject is Roman history. Roma Aeterna includes a wide range of classical Latin literature. The main subject of the twenty-one long chapters is Roman history as told by Roman authors themselves. A description of the monuments of Rome, is followed by a prose version of Vergil’s Aeneid I-IV, with extracts from the original, and Livy’s Book I, supplemented by extracts from Ovid. At first, Livy’s prose is gently adapted, but most of the book integrates unadapted texts by Livy, Aulus Gellius, Nepos, Sallust, Cicero and Horace with linguistic and historical information in a seamless narrative. The Indices is a supplement which contains lists of the Roman consuls and their triumphs (Fasti consulares and triumphales), as well as name and word indices covering the whole course. A Latin-English Vocabulary II is also available.
2007 • 978-1-58510-067-5 • paper • 140 pages • $12.00 | Buy this Book | An extensive collection of additional exercises for the lectiones in Part II Roma Aeterna.
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2003 • 87-997016-9-3 • paper • 64 pages • $9.00 | Buy this Book | Contains list of Roman consuls and their triumphs (Fasti consulares and Fasti triumphales), a name index (Index nominum) and a word index (Index vocabulorum) of all the words used in both parts of the course. An integral supplement to Roma Aeterna.
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2001 • 1-58510-055-2 • paper • 64 pages • $6.00 | Buy this Book | Provides historical and grammatical information on each of the 21 chapters in Roma Aeterna.
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1998 • 1-58510-052-8 • paper • 40 pages • $3.00 | Buy this Book | Covering both parts. A printed copy of this booklet can be ordered from Focus or downloaded free by clicking here.
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Companion Materials to Set II
2005 • 87-90696-09-3 • PC CD-ROM • $29.95 | Buy this CD | The CD-ROM Roma Aeterna contains the complete text of the book with Indices, and an interactive edition of the Pensa with an audio- recording of the questions and answers in Pensum C. | |||||
2005 • 87-90696-12-3 • PC CD-ROM • $24.95 | Buy this CD | An extensive collection of additional exercises for the lectiones in Part II Roma Aeterna.
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Instructor's Materials | |||||
There are two different groups of materials here for instructors. The Instructor's materials include answers to exercises and some advice for teaching. The Latina Doceo is a guide for teachers that will include information on what the series is, how it works philosophically, lots of advice on aspects of teaching, and advice on teaching each of the chapters. Both can be useful.
2003 • 1-58510-074-9 • paper • $19.95 | Buy this Book | This book contains all the instructor's materials originally included in separate booklets:
This material replaces previous booklets (00560: Teacher's materials. 00625 Pensa Soluta: Answer keys to exercises in Books I and II; 00684 Answer key to Exercitia Latina I, and 00714 Answer Key to Exercitia Latina II) which are no longer available.
2004 • 1-58510-093-5 • paper • 68 pages • $18.95 | Buy this Book | This book is designed to provide background to the methodology and philosophy of the Lingua Latina series. It includes the prefaces to many earlier editions and to some worldwide editions of Lingua Latina. It also includes a wealth of teaching tips and strategies for the book as a whole and for each of the specific chapters in the first book. It should provide invaluable for instructors at colleges, schools and at home.
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Spanish Set ILingua Latina consists of a series of materials that are used around the world. Because it is completely in Latin, the same books are used with students whose native language is Italian as well as those whose native language is Danish, German, Polish, English, or Spanish. Some additional materials have been developed, however, and these provide some bridge between a student’s native language and the Latin he or she is learning. The following are those materials for native Spanish speakers.
Familia Romana 2005 • 1-58510-201-6 • paper • 328 pages • $18.95 | Buy this Book |
Latine Disco Español: Spanish Student’s Manual (In Spanish) 2004 • 1-58510-096-X • paper • 50 pages • $4.50 | Buy this Book | A Spanish language version of Latine Disco for use in conjunction with Familia Romana, with a guide to pronunciation, instructions and information on key points to be noted in each chapter. This book is especially valuable for students working on their own or in home schooling, though also useful for school or university students. With this and the Vocabulary book, a native Spanish speaking student is can approach Latin through his native language, putting him or her on an equal par with native English speakers in the same course.
Grammatica Latina 2005 • 1-58510-223-7 • paper • 32 pages • $6.00 | Buy this Book | A Latin morphology. Includes tables of paradigms and forms corresponding to the course material.
Exercitia Latina I 2005 • 1-58510-212-1 • paper • 136 pages • $12.95 | Buy this Book | An extensive collection of exercises—entirely composed in Latin—for the 133 lectiones in Part I: Familia Romana. An important tool which every student will profit from and enjoy. Focus now publishes this title in the US and, although the cover and ISBN have changed, the contents are the same as the original book with the ISBN 87-997960-2-6.
Vocabulario Latino-Español 2001 • 1-58510-057-9 • paper • 50 pages • $4.50 | Buy this Book | Student’s vocabulary list Latin-Spanish. This book is also available as a free download, accessed by clicking here.
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Latin Readers in the Ørberg method
2008 • 978-87-90696-17-7 • paper • 80 pages • $12.95 | Buy this Book | A text comprised entirely of Latin covering Vergil's Aeneid Books 1 and 4. This text can be used in conjunction with Lingua Latina Part II: Roma Aeterna or any 3rd year Latin course that studies Vergil. Vocabulary list for this book is available as a free download. Click here. For sample pages, click here. | |||||
2003 • 87-90696-06-9 • paper • 96 pages • $10.00 | Buy this Book | From Books I (partial), IV, and V. This Caesar can be read by students who have finished Part I, Familia Romana. Contains an index of names, and an index of vocabulary. Text and marginal notes are all in Latin. Contains part of Book I. Vocabulary list for this book is available as a free download. Click here. For sample pages, click here. | |||||
2005 • 1-58510-156-7 • paper • 80 pages • $12.00 | Buy this Book | An illustrated collection of supplementary texts, mostly dialogue. To be used in the first year. There is one colloquium matching each of Chapters 1-24, Part I, Familia Romana. Focus now publishes this title in the U.S. and the ISBN and cover have changed, but the interior of the book remains the same. There is a Latin-English vocabulary list available free for download for this book which you can download by clicking here. | |||||
2000 • 87-90696-04-2 • paper • 64 pages • $10.00 | Buy this Book | Selection from Petronius’s Satyricon. Abridged edition with marginal notes in Latin. To be read by students who are halfway through Part II, Roma Aeterna. There is a vocabulary list for this text. There is a Latin-English vocabulary list available free for download for this book. To download click here.
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2001 • 87-997016-7-7 • paper • 84 pages • $12.00 | Buy this Book | Abridged edition with introduction and marginal notes in Latin. This comedy can be read by students who have finished Part I, Familia Romana.
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2006 • 87-90696-15-8 • PDF • FREE | Download Free PDF | A collection of easy elementary texts, Fabellae Latinae, corresponding (lexically and grammatically) to chapters I–XXV in Familia Romana, similar and supplemental to Colloquia Personarum. To satisfy the demand for more comprehensive exercises, Hans Orberg has made a version of Fabellae Latinae where nearly all the grammatical endings have been left out. You can download this version free here.
Hans Orberg has provided as a free download three additional Fabellae to be studied or used on an exam after the students have finished Familia Romana (or at least Cap. 1-33). You can download this Word file here. It includes:
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2006 • 87-90696-11-5 • paper • 80 pages • $12.00 | Buy this Book | | |||||
2004 • 87-90696-07-7 • paper • 64 pages • $13.00 | Buy this Book | Authors included are Plautus, Cato, Cicero, Phaedrus, Horace, Tacitus, Martial, Pliny, Aulus Gellius, and Lucas. Grammatical notes follow the Lingua Latina pattern, on the same page, and in Latin to encourage students to think in Latin. book details
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Lingua Latina: Part I, Familia Romana
Latine Disco: Student’s Manual
Grammatica Latina
Exercitia Latina I
Latin-English Vocabulary for Part I
Transparency Masters & CD w/ images (Mac/PC) 
Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata CD-ROM for the MAC
Familia Romana CD-ROM
Latine Audio for Familia Romana Cap. I-X
Exercitia Latina I CD-ROM
Lingua Latina: Part II, Roma Aeterna
Exercitia Latina II
Indices 
Instructions for Part II (In English)
Latin-English Vocabulary For Part II
Roma Aeterna CD-ROM
Exercitia Latina II CD-ROM
Lingua Latina Instructor’s Materials
Latine Doceo: A Companion for Instructors
P. Vergilii Maronis: Aeneis, Libros I et IV
Caesaris Commentarii De Bello Gallico
Colloquia Personarum
Petronius: Cena Trimalchionis
Plautus: Amphitryo
Fabellae Latinae
Sallust & Cicero: Catilina
Sermones Romani