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Instruction in Latin. A multi-volume Latin dictionary in the University Library of Graz. The Latin language is still taught in many parts of the world. In many countries it is offered as an optional subject in some secondary schools and universities, and may be compulsory for students in certain institutions or following certain courses.
Didache manuscript. The Didache (/ ˈ d ɪ d ə k eɪ,-k i /; Greek: Διδαχή, translit. Didakhé, lit. "Teaching"), [1] also known as The Lord's Teaching Through the Twelve Apostles to the Nations (Διδαχὴ Κυρίου διὰ τῶν δώδεκα ἀποστόλων τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, Didachḕ Kyríou dià tō̂n dṓdeka apostólōn toîs éthnesin), is a brief anonymous ...
Latin ( lingua Latina, Latin: [ˈlɪŋɡʷa ɫaˈtiːna], or Latinum, Latin: [ɫaˈtiːnʊ̃]) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Classical Latin is considered a dead language as it is no longer used to produce major texts, while Vulgar Latin evolved into the Romance Languages. [ 1]
The Latin school was the grammar school of 14th- to 19th-century Europe, though the latter term was much more common in England. Other terms used include Lateinschule in Germany, or later Gymnasium. Latin schools were also established in Colonial America . Emphasis was placed on learning Latin, initially in its Medieval Latin form.
The first stage of education included writing and reading, Latin grammar, and familiarization with classical works. The second stage included instruction in rhetoric and dialectic (known as trivium, which, along with grammar, constituted the lower level of education), arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy (known as quadrivium, the
De principis instructione (Instruction for a Ruler) is a Latin work by Gerald of Wales.It is divided into three "Distinctions". The first contains moral precepts and reflections; the second and third deal with the history of the later 12th century, with a focus on the character and acts of king Henry II of England and especially his disputes with the kings of France, Louis VII and Philip II ...
Distichs of Cato. The Distichs of Cato ( Latin: Catonis Disticha, most famously known simply as Cato ), is a Latin collection of proverbial wisdom and morality by an unknown author from the 3rd or 4th century AD. The Cato was the most popular medieval schoolbook for teaching Latin, prized not only as a Latin textbook, but as a moral compass.
History of Latin. One of the seven ceiling frescoes painted by Bartolomeo Altomonte in his 80th year for the library of Admont Abbey. An allegory of the Enlightenment, it shows Aurora, goddess of dawn, with the geniuses of language in her train awakening Morpheus, god of dreaming, a symbol of man. The geniuses are Grammar, Didactic, Greek ...