LJ614 Reading Latin texts

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Synchronous online teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jana Mikulová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Tomáš Weissar (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jana Mikulová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Jana Mikulová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to give students a basic insight into the grammatical system of Latin, to teach them to work with dictionaries and to understand easier Latin texts.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, students: - will have a basic orientation in the grammatical system of Latin;
- will be able to use grammar tables and identify the different forms;
- have an overview of basic Latin dictionaries and be able to search them;
- be able to understand easier Latin texts.
Syllabus
  • Lesson 1: Latin sayings, reading texts from Caesar's De bello Gallico (animals in the Hercynian forest) and Cicero's letters.
  • Lesson 2: Latin sayings, reading extracts from Catullus' poems and the beginning of Virgil's Aeneid. Excerpt from Cosmas' Chronicle. Inscription.
  • Lesson 3: Latin sayings, reading excerpts from Eutropius' Breviarium ab urbe condita and Livy's Annales. Inscriptions.
  • Lesson 4: reading of texts relating to Easter. Vulgate - Gospel according to John, Stabat mater, Victimae paschali, Vidi aquam.
  • Lesson 5: Latin sayings, reading excerpts from Sallust's Catilinae coniuratio, Inscriptions.
  • Lesson 6: Latin sayings, description of the explosion of Vesuvius from Pliny's Epistulae. Examples of inscriptions from Pompeii.
  • Lesson 7: Latin sayings, reading of extracts from Virgil's Eclogae and Seneca's Epistulae morales ad Lucilium, Sponsio sollemnis at conferring doctorates honoris causa.
Literature
    required literature
  • BILÍKOVÁ, Eva. Přehled latinské mluvnice. Vyd. 3., dopl. Brno: MC nakladatelství, 1997, 63 s. info
  • NOVOTNÝ, František, Josef SEDLÁČEK and Josef M. PRAŽÁK. Latinsko-český slovník : L - Z. 19. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1980, 684 s. info
    recommended literature
  • NOVOTNÝ, František, Josef SEDLÁČEK and Josef M. PRAŽÁK. Latinsko-český slovník : A - K. 19. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1980, VIII, 743. info
    not specified
  • MIKULOVÁ, Jana. Základní kurz latiny. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 2 sv. ISBN 978-80-210-7039-4. info
  • MIKULOVÁ, Jana. Základní kurz latiny. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 190 s. ISBN 9788021064997. URL info
Teaching methods
explanation, exercises, discussion
Assessment methods
class attendance 75 %
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
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