Latin Primer 2 (Student Edition)

Over half of the English language is derived from Latin.

aquarium - aqua, water

fable - fabula, story

clamor - clamo, I shout

dolphin - delphinus, dolphin

narrator - narro, I tell

These and thousands of other words we use every day keep this "dead" language a language of kings and poets, of scrolls and secrets alive. And this means that when we study Latin, we're not just learning about Rome we're learning about ourselves. Rediscover this time-honored language, which led classical education pioneer Dorothy Sayers to declare that "Latin should be begun as early as possible ... when the chanting of 'Amo, amas, amat' is as ritually agreeable to the feelings as the chanting of 'eeny, meeny, miney, moe.

In Latin Primer 2, Martha Wilson strengthens elementary school students (grades 4 and up) in the basics they discovered in Latin Primer 1, and leads them steadily into new territory. Revised and expanded, this text spotlights the fundamentals of classical Latin: vocabulary for everyday experiences like names of animals; verb and noun endings; adjective and adverb use; questions and commands; and other early grammar essentials.

Martha Wilson received a bachelor's degree from Washington State University, majoring in both elementary education and fine arts. She studied Latin at New St. Andrews College and the University of Idaho and taught at Logos School in Moscow, Idaho, from 1985 1991. She and her husband Jeff live in Georgetown, Kentucky, with their seven children in an old house on a quiet street. Most summers they drive their big tan van across the prairies and mountains to the Northwest, visiting and sightseeing along the way. As befitting a mother of seven, Martha is something of an expert on soups. Their family is part of the Georgetown Evangelical Free Church.