Latin Study Groups

From: Kirk Lougheed via LatinStudy <latinstudy at quasillum dot com>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 13:21:00 -0800
Subject: Latin Activities: Update for December 1, 2025

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Group Listings:

Group: Medieval Latin (MedLat)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: Beeson's Primer of Medieval Latin
Assignments:
     Dec 1 The Wreck of the White Ship, p. 230, to “infausta nave fuerunt."
     Dec 8 The Wreck of the White Ship, pp. 230-1, to currere fecerunt."
     Dec 15 The Wreck of the White Ship, p. 231-2, to the end.
     Dec 22 & 29 no assignment.
     Jan 5 Abelard in Retirement, p. 232, to "inruerit hostilis excercitus.”
     Jan 12 Abelard in Retirement, pp. 232-3, to “et sibi ignominiosum."

Group: Livy Early Rome (LivyER)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liv.html and posted
Assignments:
     Dec 1 7.42.3-8
     Dec 8 8.1.1-6
     Dec 15 8.1.7-2.3
     Dec 22, 29 no assignment
     Jan 5 8.2.4-8
     Jan 12 8.2.9-3.1

Group: Livy Hannibalian War (LivyHW)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liv.html and posted
Assignments:
     Dec 1 23.3.1-6
     Dec 8 23.3.7-14
     Dec 15 23.4.1-8
     Dec 22, 29 no assignment
     Jan 5 23.5.1-6
     Jan 12 23.5.7-11

Group: Tacitus' Histories (Tacitus Histories)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/tac.html and posted
Assignments:
     Dec 1 4.72 (part)
     Dec 8 4.72 (contd.)
     Dec 15 4.73
     Dec 22, 29 no assignment
     Jan 5 4.74 (part)
     Jan 12 4.74 (contd.)

Group: Natural Histories of Pliny the Elder (PlinySr)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: posted
Assignments:
     Dec 1 8.20-21
     Dec 8 8.22, 24-5
     Dec 15 8.27-28
     Dec 22, 29 no assignment
     Jan 5 8.29, 31
     Jan 12 8.32, 36-7

Group: Ovid's Epistulae Ex Ponto (Exile)
Text: posted, and www.thelatinlibrary.com
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Ex Ponto Liber III:
         Letter IV to Rufinus:
             ll. 1-14: 1 December
             ll. 15-28: 8 December
             ll. 29-44: 15 December
         no assignment: 22 December Io Saturnalia!!
         no assignment: 29 December Happy New Year!

Group: Geoffrey of Monmouth (BritishKings)
Text: "The History of the Kings of Britain" by Michael Reeve & Neil Wright
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Liber IV:
         p. 87-89, ll.398-411: 1 December
         p. 89, ll 411-421: 8 December
         p. 89, ll. 421-433: 15 December
         22 December: no assignment; Io Saturnalia!
         29 December: no assignment: Happy New Year!

Group: Ammianus Marcellinus (Ammianus)
Text: posted,  http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/ammianus.html
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
     Liber XVI:
         Section 10: Constantius, victories and a triumph:
             sections 10-12: 1 December
             sections 13-14: 8 December
             sections 15-17: 15 December
             no assignment: 22 December Io Saturnalia!!
             no assignment: 29 December Happy New Year!

Group: Seneca's Agamemnon (Seneca Agamemnon)
Text: posted,  http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/sen/sen.agamemnon.shtml
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Act II Clytemnestra
         ll. 726-740: 1 December
         ll. 741-758: 8 December
         ll. 759-774L 15 December
     no assignment: 22 December Io Saturnalia!!!
     no assignment: 29 December Happy New Year!

Group: Georgics (Vergil)
Text: posted,  http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/verg.html
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Georgics IV:
         ll. 481-493: 1 December
         ll. 494-503: 8 December
         ll. 504-515: 15 December
         no assignment: 22 December Io Saturnalia!!
         no assignment: 29 December Happy New Year!

Group: Aulus Gellius' Attic Nights (AtticNights)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Liber X
         Story XXV:  The names of different weapons and ships
             sections 1-3: 1 December
             sections 4-end: 8 December
         StoryXXVI: Asinius Pollio shows his ignorance:
             sections 1-5: 15 December
         22 December: no assignment; Io Saturnalia!!!
         29 December: no assignment; Happy New Year!!

Group: Scriptores Historiae Augustae (SHA)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     SHA (Diadumenus Antoninus):
         section 2, 1-5; 1 December
         section 2, 6-end: 8 December
         section 3: 15 December
      no assignment: 22 December; Io Saturnalia!!
      no assignment: 29 December; Happy New Year!

Group: Ovid's Fasti (Fasti)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Liber I:
         ll. 31-44: 1 December
         ll. 45-52: 8 December
         ll. 53-62: 15 December
         no assignment: 22 December Io Saturnalia!!
         no assignment: 29 December Happy New Year!

Group: Claudian (Claudian)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     11/30/2025: In Eutropium II: 119-132
     12/7/2025: In Eutropium II: 133-150
     12/14/2025: In Eutropium II: 151-173
     12/21/2025: In Eutropium II: 174-194a
     BREAK

Group: De Excidio et conquestu Britanniae (Gildas)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     12/7/2025: 103 (Et ne quis…dei potissimum consurgat)
     12/14/2025: 104 (Audite itaque quid…impiis non sedebo)
     12/21/2025: 104 (Et post aliquanta…et illorum fuit)
     BREAK

Group: Walter Map’s De nugis curialium (Map Trifles)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     12/7/2025: 2.12.75/8-26 (efficitur)
     12/14/2025: 2.12.75/26-2.12.76/12
     12/21/2025: 2.12.76/13-29 (propria)

Group: Seneca’s Epistulae morales ad Lucilium (Seneca Epistulae)
Text: posted, and http://thelatinlibrary.com/sen.html
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     12/7/2025: 8.71.28-30
     12/14/2025: 8.71.31-33
     12/21/2025: 8.71.34-37

Group: Ovid's Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Text: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     12/7/2025: XIII. 778-788
     12/14/2025: XIII. 789-807
     12/21/2025: XIII. 808-824a
     BREAK

Group: Vulgate (Vulgate)
Coordinator: Ann Boulais <periwinkle456 at email dot com>
Text: posted, http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/vul/gen.htm
Assignments:
     Dec 3 Jeremiah 4:11-20
     Dec 10 Jeremiah 4:21-31
     Dec 17 Jeremiah 5:1-10
     Dec 24 No Assignment - Christmas
     Dec 31 No Assignment - New Year's Eve

Group: Augustine / The City of God (Augustine)
Text: posted, see also: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/august.html
Coordinator: Ann Boulais <periwinkle456 at email dot com>
Assignments:
     Dec 3 De Civitate Dei 6.9d,
         from "Numquid Venus..." through "...religiosissimo matronarum?"
     Dec 10 De Civitate Dei 6.9e,
         from "Eant adhuc..." through "...opinor, ostendi."
     Dec 17 De Civitate Dei 6.9f, from "Vnde, quia sunt..." to the end.
     Dec 24 No Assignment - Christmas
     Dec 31 No Assignment - New Year's Eve

Group: Augustine / De Doctrina Christiana (Christiana)
Coordinator: Ann Boulais <periwinkle456 at email dot com>
Text: posted, see also https://www.augustinus.it/latino/dottrina_cristiana/index.htm
Assignments
     Dec 3 De Doctrina Christiana 4.20.39a, through "...est mater nostra."
     Dec 10 De Doctrina Christiana 4.20.39b,
         from "Itemque ubi ratiocinatur.." through "...non est haereditas?"
     Dec 17 De Doctrina Christiana 4.20.39c,
         from "Ipse sibi hoc..." through "...quid eiusmodi est."
     Dec 24 No Assignment - Christmas
     Dec 31 No Assignment - New Year's Eve

Group: Latin to GCSE, Part 2 (Cullen2)
Coordinator: Jennifer Margrison <jmargrison at gmail dot com>
Text: Latin Beyond GCSE Second Edition by John Taylor
Comment: Intermediate Latin
Assignments:
     Nov 13 Assignment 216  Ex. 6.3 (ii) line 23 to end

Group: Wheelock Beginners (Wheelock Blue)
Text: Wheelock's Latin, 7th ed. rev., ISBN 978-0061997228
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
Comment: A chapter of Wheelock every two or three weeks
Assignments:
     Dec 2 - cap. 4, EX
     Dec 9 - cap. 4, SA
     Dec 16 thru 30 - no assignments

Group: Wheelock Beginners (Wheelock Red)
Text: Wheelock's Latin, 7th ed. rev., ISBN 978-0061997228
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
Comment: A chapter of Wheelock every two or three weeks
Assignments:
     Dec 4 - cap. 33, TR ('The rich...'; 'Aristotle...'; 'Your loss')
     Dec 11 - cap. 34, EX
     Dec 18 through Jan 1 - no assignments

Group: Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles (RFF)
Text: https://archive.org/details/ritchiesfabulae00kirtgoog
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
Assignments:
     Dec 4 - #75. A Fearful Expedient
     Dec 11 - #76. Bargain With Pelias
     Dec 18 through Jan 1 - no assignments

Group: Lingua Latina Pars I (Tern)
Text: Lingua Latina: Pars I: Familia Romana
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
Comment: One chapter every week
Assignments:
     Dec 2 - cap. 35, 1-56, ex. 1
     Dec 9 - cap. 35, 46-221, ex. 2
     Dec 16 - cap. 35, 222-237, ex. 3
     -- FINIS --

Group: Lingua Latina Pars II (Hora2)
Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Romana Aeterna
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
Assignments:
     Dec 2 - cap. 50, 64-97, ex. 2 (8-10)
     Dec 9 - cap. 50, 98-128, ex. 2 (11-14)
     Dec 16-30 - no assignments

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