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    The Pictatio, a Spin on a Dictatio

    January 30, 2020

    What exactly is a Pictatio? A Pictatio is similar to a Dictatio but instead of writing down sentence, students are drawing pictures on whiteboards. I have done dictatio exercises with my students many times, and they are great prereading exercises. Much like Keith Toda, I learned how to do a Dictatio at Pedagogy Rusticatio.

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    March 6, 2021
    Tiered Reading of Catullus 13

    Tiered Reading of Catullus 13

    December 22, 2020
  • Sample for Medea et Peregrinus Pulcherrimus
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    Sample for Medea et Peregrinus Pulcherrimus

    December 28, 2019

    Medea et Peregrinus Pulcherrimus is a Latin novella published by Bombax Press. This sample for Medea et Peregrinus Pulcherrimus contains the complete first chapter of the story, including its artwork. The novella is over 7,500 words long and contains 237 words. Of those 334 words, some are cognates, proper nouns, or glossed words. A student needs a working vocabulary knowledge of 160 unique words to read this story in its entirety. The complete dictionary, though not the index verborum, is available here.

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    December 13, 2020
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  • Dictionary for Medea et Peregrinus Pulcherrimus
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    Dictionary for Medea et Peregrinus Pulcherrimus

    December 28, 2019

    About the Dictionary for Medea et Peregrinus Pulcherrimus The dictionary for Medea et Peregrinus Pulcherrimus contains all the Latin words used in the novella. If you would like a preview of the novella, you can read the first chapter here. Unlike the Index Verborum, which is a list of all the word forms in the novella, the dictionary for Medea et Peregrinus Pulcherrimus provides the full dictionary entry for the word. In addition to providing the dictionary entry and definition, the frequency in which the word generally appears in Latin literature is provided. The Dickinson Core Vocabulary and Essential Latin Vocabulary were used in creating the frequency rating.

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    April 10, 2021
    Leo Senex et Vulpes a Fable

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    Ira Veneris: A Latin Novella

    December 28, 2019

    In Ira Veneris: A Latin Novella, Psyche is pregnant and alone in the woods at night without food, help, or shelter. She’s desperate to find her husband Cupid, but he left her after she wounded him. Psyche swears that she will find him and starts off on a long quest that has her wandering homeless and destitute all over the world looking for her husband. Psyche knows that it’s not only her marriage that is at stake, but also the immortality of her future child.

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    March 18, 2021

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    March 21, 2020
  • Dictionary for Ira Veneris
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    Dictionary for Ira Veneris

    December 28, 2019

    About the Dictionary for Ira Veneris This dictionary for Ira Veneris contains all the words used in the Latin novella. If you would like a preview of the novella, you can read the first chapter in its entirety, including artwork, here. Unlike the Index Verborum, which is a list of all the word forms in the novella, the dictionary for Ira Veneris provides the full dictionary entry for the word. In addition to providing the dictionary entry and definition, the frequency in which the word generally appears in Latin literature is provided. The Dickinson Core Vocabulary and Essential Latin Vocabulary were used in creating the frequency rating.

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    December 27, 2019
    De Puero Jesu Martha Marchina

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  • Sample for Ira Veneris Capitulum I
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    Sample for Ira Veneris: Capitulum I

    December 28, 2019

    Ira Veneris is a Latin novella published by Bombax Press. This sample for Ira Veneris contains the complete first chapter of the story, including its artwork. The novella summarizes what previously had happened in Cupido et Psyche and contains several pluperfect verbs. The novella is 11,000 words long and contains 334 words. Of those 334 words, some are cognates, proper nouns, or glossed words. A student needs a working vocabulary knowledge of 250 unique words to read this story in its entirety. The complete dictionary, though not the index verborum, is available here.

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    March 14, 2020
  • Dictionary for Cupido et Psyche
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    Dictionary for Cupido et Psyche

    December 28, 2019

    About the Dictionary for Cupido et Psyche This dictionary contains all the words used in the Latin novella Cupido et Psyche. If you would like a preview of the novella, you can read the first chapter in its entirety, including artwork, here. Unlike the Index Verborum, which is a list of all the word forms in the novella, the dictionary for Cupido et Psyche provides the full dictionary entry for the word. In addition to providing the dictionary entry and definition, the frequency in which the word generally appears in Latin literature is provided. The Dickinson Core Vocabulary and Essential Latin Vocabulary were used in creating the frequency rating.

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    Sample for Medea et Peregrinus Pulcherrimus

    December 28, 2019
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  • sample capitulum 1 Cupido et Psyche
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    Sample for Cupido et Psyche: Capitulum I

    December 27, 2019

    Cupido et Psyche is a Latin novella published by Bombax Press. This sample for Cupido et Psyche contains the complete first chapter of the story, including its artwork. The novella is 8,800 words long and contains 350 words. Of those 350 words, some are cognates, proper nouns, or glossed words. A student needs a working vocabulary knowledge of 253 unique words to read this story in its entirety. The complete dictionary, though not the index verborum, is available here.

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    Sample for Ira Veneris: Capitulum I

    December 28, 2019
    Sample for Medea et Peregrinus Pulcherrimus

    Sample for Medea et Peregrinus Pulcherrimus

    December 28, 2019
  • Cupido et Psyche a Latin Novella by Rachel Beth Cunning
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    Cupido et Psyche: A Latin Novella

    December 27, 2019

    Jealousy, love, fear, and betrayal. Everyone admires Psyche for her beauty, but Psyche wants to be loved for herself, not her appearance. Even her own sisters secretly envy Psyche’s beauty and good fortune. Only Psyche considers herself unfortunate. When people begin worshiping Psyche as the goddess of love despite her best efforts, Psyche unintentionally rouses the anger of Venus herself. Will Psyche escape Venus’ wrath and her sisters’ terrible jealousy? Or will she find herself married to her greatest fear, a truly monstrous snake? Find out in Cupido et Psyche: A Latin Novella!

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