Latin courses

In order to participate in the courses an intermediate level knowledge of Italian is required (B1 of the CEFR - Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).

2 week course

2 hour lessons, 3 times per week for a total of 12 hours

• Relationship between Italian and Latin: origins, transformations.
• The noun and its logical functions: the 5 declinations.
• The verb: introduction.
• The complements.
• The Latin sentence.
• Great Latin authors: Caesar and Cicero. Their period and their prose.

4 week course

2 hour lessons, 3 times per week for a total of 24 hours

• Relationship between Italian and Latin: origins, transformations.
• The noun and its logical functions; the 5 declinations.
• Adjectives and pronouns.
• The verb: introduction.
• The Sum and Habeo verbs.
• Transitive e intransitive verbs.
• Active and passive forms of the verb.
• The complements.
• Invariable parts of the sentence.
• The Latin sentence.
• Great Latin authors: Caesar, Cicero and Livy. Their period and their prose.
• Great Latin poets: Catullus and Horace. Their period and their poetry.