TLÜ ÕIS

Latin Language and Culture

Course code

GRA6102.HT

old course code

GRA6102

Course title in Estonian

Ladina keel ja kultuur

Course title in English

Latin Language and Culture

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

The aim of the course is to give an overview of Latin grammar and vocabulary. The course develops the skills to translate and analyse the original texts by the most influential Latin authors from Ancient Rome and Middle Ages.

Brief description of the course

An overview of the history of Latin: the most important periods, the most significant authors and works. Latin alphabet. Principles of the classical and traditional pronunciation. Quantity and stress. Latin verbs: the active voice in indicative. Declinable words in Latin: nouns, adjectives, pronouns. Agreement of the parts of the sentence. Translation and interpretation of sentence in active voice. Counties and cities of the ancient Italy. Rome – center of the empire. Roman gods and mythological heroes. Roman names. Verb: the passive voice in indicative. The subjunctive in the active and passive voice. The numerals. Roman calendar. Sentence constructions. Roman emperors. Latin metrics. Translation and analyse of reading materials: anthem of students Gaudeamus; excerpts from Latin prose and poetry: Caesar, Cicero, Tacitus, Plinius, Suetonius, Horatius, Ovidius, Catullus, Vergilius, Carmin.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- has profound knowledge on Latin grammar and vocabulary;
- has ability to compare the differences between Latin and Estonian/English/German/Russian;
- knows importance of Latin to the development of foreign words and terminology in germanic and romance languages;
- has knowledge on the society and culture of ancient Rome;
- has ability to read and analyse the original texts by Latin authors.

Teacher

dotsent Merike Ristikivi

The course is a prerequisite

History of French Language (GRR6523.HT)
Morphology and Syntax of Latin (GRR6404.HT)

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