Latin Study Groups

From: Kirk Lougheed via LatinStudy <latinstudy at quasillum dot com>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:00:05 -0700
Subject: Latin Activities: Update for October 1, 2026

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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:
     Oct 5  “The Abbot Samson,” pp. 259-60, to “nobis satisfecit."
     Oct 12 “The Abbot Samson,” pp. 259-60, to “nobis satisfecit.”
     Oct 19 “The Abbot Samson,” p. 260, to “coram rege.”
     Oct 26 “The Abbot Samson,” pp. 260-1, to “praeceptum eis fuerat.”

Group: Livy Early Rome (LivyER)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liv.html and posted
Assignments:
     Oct 5 8.18.8-13
     Oct 12 8.19.1-7
     Oct 19 8.19.8-11
     Oct 26 8.19.12-20.3

Group: Livy Hannibalian War (LivyHW)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liv.htmlss and posted
Assignments:
     Oct 5 23.20.9-21.4
     Oct 12 23.21.5-22.2
     Oct 19 23.22.3-8
     Oct 26 23.22.9-23.3

Group: Tacitus' Histories (Tacitus Histories)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/tac.html and posted
Assignments:
     Oct 5 5.19
     Oct 12 5.20
     Oct 19 5.21
     Oct 26 5.22

Group: Natural Histories of Pliny the Elder (PlinySr)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: posted
Assignments:
     Oct 5 9.51,76
     Oct 12 9.83,85

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 VIII: To Fabius Maximus:
              ll. 1-14: 25 May
     On hiatus until further notice.

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 V:
         p. 99: ll. 194-206: 25 May
     On hiatus until further notice.

Group: Ammianus Marcellinus (Ammianus)
Text: posted,  http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/ammianus.html
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
     Liber XVI:
         Section 12: Julian attacks the Alamanni:
             16-17: 25 May
     On hiatus until further notice.

Group: Seneca (Phaedra)
Text: posted, https://www.thelatinlibrary.com/sen/sen.phaedra.shtml
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     starting in June
     On hiatus until further notice.

Group: Aulus Gellius' Attic Nights (AtticNights)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Liber XI
         Story X: Gaius Gracchus: 25 May
     On hiatus until further notice.

Group: Scriptores Historiae Augustae (SHA)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     SHA (Heliogabalus)
         section 12: 25 May
     On hiatus until further notice.

Group: Ovid's Fasti (Fasti)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Liber I:
         Agonal ll. 325-342: 25 May
     On hiatus until further notice.

Group: Walter Map’s De nugis curialium (Map Trifles)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     10/5/2026: 2.25.98/2 (Enuclea)-17 (aduertit)
     10/12/2026: 2.25.98/17 (Prima)-31
     10/19/2026: 2.26.99/1-23
     10/26/2026: 2.27.99/24-100/5 (supersint)
     11/2/2026: 2.27.100/5 (episcopus)-17
     11/9/2026: 2.28.100/18-28
     11/16/2026: 2.29.101/1-19
     11/23/2026: 2.30.101/20-102/7
     11/30/2026: 2.31.102/8-16 (ignobili)
     12/7/2026: 2.31.102/17 (Filius)-26
     12/14/2026: 2.32.103/1-7 [End of the Second Distinction]
     BREAK until 2/1/2027

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:
     10/5/2026: 9.76.28-30
     10/12/2026: 9.76.31-33
     10/19/2026: 9.76.32-35
     10/26/2026: 9.77.1-3
     11/2/2026: 9.77.4-6
     11/9/2026: 9.77.7-9
     11/16/2026: 9.77.10-12
     11/23/2026: 9.77.13-15
     11/30/2026: 9.77.16-18
     12/7/2026: 9.77.19-20
     12/14/2026: 9.78.1-3
     12/21/2026: 9.78.4-6
     BREAK until 2/1/2027 9.78.7-9

Group: Ovid's Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Text: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     10/5/2026: XIV.496-511
     10/12/2026: XIV.512-526
     10/19/2026: XIV.527-548
     10/26/2026: XIV.549-565
     11/2/2026: XIV.566-580
     11/9/2026: XIV.581-595
     11/16/2026: XIV.596-608
     11/23/2026: XIV.609-621
     11/30/2026: XIV.622-639
     12/7/2026: XIV.640-653
     12/14/2026: XIV.654-671
     12/21/2026: XIV.672-697
     BREAK until 2/1/2027 XIV.698-717

Group: Vulgate (Vulgate)
Coordinator: Ann Boulais <periwinkle456 at email dot com>
Text: posted, http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/vul/gen.htm
Assignments:
     Oct 7 Jeremiah 22:1-10
     Oct 14 Jeremiah 22:11-20
     Oct 21 Jeremiah 22:21-30
     Oct 28 Jeremiah 23:1-10
     Nov 4 Jeremiah 23:11-20
     Nov 11 Jeremiah 23:21-30
     Nov 18 Jeremiah 23:31-40
     Nov 25 No Assignment - Thanksgiving (US)
     Dec 2 Jeremiah 24
     Dec 9 Jeremiah 25:1-12
     Dec 16 Jeremiah 25:13-25
     Dec 23 No Assignment - Christmas
     Dec 30 No Assignment - New Year's Eve 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:
     October 7 De Civitate Dei 7.11a, thru "... illi famulatumue praeberet."
     October 14 De Civitate Dei 7.11b, from "Cogito enim posse..." to end
     October 21 De Civitate Dei 7.12a, through "...  aliud pecunia."
     October 28 De Civitate Dei 7.12b, from "Nam dicimus diuites…" to end
     Nov 4 De Civitate Dei  7.13
     Nov 11 De Civitate Dei 7.14a, through, "...Iouis atque Mercurius."
     Nov 18 De Civitate Dei 7.14b, from "Quod si sermo..." to end
     Nov 25 No Assignment - Thanksgiving (US)
     Dec 2 De Civitate Dei 7.15a, through "...terris longe remotior."
     Dec 9 De Civitate Dei  7.15b, from "Si ergo superiorem..." to end
     Dec 16 De Civitate Dei 7.16a, through "...lunam esse dixerunt."
     Dec 23 No Assignment - Christmas
     Dec 30 No Assignment - New Year's

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
     Sep 2 De Doctrina Christiana 4.26.56a,
         through "...oboedienter audiri?"
     Sep 9 No Assignment - Labor Day (US)
     Sep 16 De Doctrina Christiana 4.26.56b, from "Plerumque autem" to end.
     Sep 23 De Doctrina Christiana 4.26.57, 4.26.58
     Sep 30 De Doctrina Christiana 4.27.59
     Oct 7 De Doctrina Christiana 4.27.60
     Oct 14 De Doctrina Christiana 4.28.61a, thru "...praeferatur alterius."
     Oct 21 De Doctrina Christiana 4.28.61b,
         from "Porro qui non verbis,..." to end, plus 4.29.61.
     Oct 28 De Doctrina Christiana 4.29.62a, through "...quod negant factis?"
     Nov 4 De Doctrina Christiana 4.29.62b, from "Non enim frustra..." to end.
     Nov 11 De Doctrina Christiana 4.30.63
     Nov 18 De Doctrina Christiana 4.31.64 The 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:
     Oct 6 - cap. 15 SA
     Oct 13 - cap. 15 TR
     Oct 20 - cap. 16 EX
     Oct 27 - cap. 16 SA
     Nov 3 - cap. 16 TR
     Nov 10 - cap. 17 EX
     Nov 17 - cap. 17 SA
     Nov 24 - no assignment
     Dec 1 - cap. 17 TR
     Dec 8 - cap. 18 EX
     Dec 15 - cap. 18 SA
     Dec 22 & Dec 29 - no assignments

Group: Lingua Latina Pars II (Hora2)
Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Romana Aeterna
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
Assignments:
     Oct 6 - cap. 51, reread 216-279, ex. 5
     Oct 13 - cap. 51, 280-304, ex. 8 (1-8)
     Oct 20 - cap. 51, 305-326, ex. 8 (9-16)
     Oct 27 - cap. 51, reread 280-326, ex. 7
     Nov 3 - cap. 52, 1-41, ex. 2 (1-7)
     Nov 10 - cap. 52, 42-86, ex. 2 (8-13)
     Nov 17 - cap. 52, 87-123, ex. 2 (14-16)
     Nov 24 - no assignment
     Dec 1 - cap. 52, reread 1-123, ex. 1
     Dec 8 - cap. 52, 124-160, ex. 4 (1-8)
     Dec 15 - cap. 52, 161-209, ex. 4 (9-13)
     Dec 22 & 29 - no assignment

Group: Lingua Latina Pars II (Romana Aeterna)
Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Romana Aeterna
Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Exercitia Latina II
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
Assignments:
     Oct 6 - cap. 38, 75-100, ex 7 (1-7)
     Oct 13 - cap. 38, 101-129, ex. 7 (8-11)
     Oct 20 - cap. 38, 135-147, ex. 7 (12-15)
     Oct 27 - cap. 38, reread 75-147, ex. 6
     Nov 3 - cap. 38, 148-162, ex 10 (1-4)
     Nov 10 - cap. 38, 163-189, ex 10 (5-10)
     Nov 17 - cap. 38, 189-213, ex. 10 (11-14)
     Nov 24 - no assignment
     Dec 1 - cap. 38, reread 148-213, ex. 9
     Dec 8 - cap. 39, 1-26, ex. 3 (1-6)
     Dec 15 - cap. 39, 27-45, ex. 3 (7-10)
     Dec 22 & 29 - no assignment

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