The Handy Notebook

This document provides a Latin to English translation of the short story "Caesar's Camp is Attacked by Belgians" from Chapter 24 of Wheelock's Latin 7th Edition textbook. It can be used as a grammar exercise demonstrating ablative absolute, passive periphrastic, and dative of agent. A Latin to English vocabulary list is provided to help translate. This story is an excerpt from Caesar's commentaries on his military campaigns in Gaul. Although it is written in a seemingly object...

This document provides the Latin to English translations for the exercitationes, sententiae antiquae, and short stories from Chapter 17 of Wheelock's Latin 7th Edition textbook. The translated short stories include "On the Pleasures of Love in Old Age" and "It's All in the Delivery." These translations are from the Elementary Latin 2 (LAT 1020) course taught by Dr. Robert Forman at St. John's University. This document is helpful for homework translations or as an extra s...

This document provides a Latin to English translation of the short story "A Wedding Invitation" from Chapter 18 of Wheelock's Latin 7th Edition textbook. This exercise utilizes grammar in the first and second conjugations as well as ablative of agent. A Latin to English vocabulary list is also provided to help translate. This story is about the announcement of the marriage of Peleus and Thetis. They are destined to become the parents of Achilles, greatest of the Greek warriors who f...

This document provides a Latin to English translation of the short story "The Labors of Hercules" from Chapter 20 of Wheelock's Latin 7th Edition textbook. This translation is a grammar exercise utilizing the fourth declension and ablatives of place from which & separation. It also includes a list of Latin to English vocabulary words to aid in the translation. This story describes how Hercules (Heracles in Greek) is one of the best known and most remarkable characters from classical...

This document provides the Latin to English translation of the short story "The Judgement of Paris" from Chapter 19 of Wheelock's Latin 7th Edition textbook. The document includes a list of Latin to English vocabulary words to help translate. This exercise demonstrates the perfect passive system of all verbs as well as interrogative pronouns & adjectives. The story is about how Paris' fateful decision leads ultimately to the Trojan War. This translation is from the Elementary...

This document provides the Latin to English Translation of the short story "The Golden Age Returns" from Chapter 21 of Wheelock's Latin 7th Edition Textbook. The story utilizes the third and fourth declension and the passive voice of the present system. The document also provides Latin to English vocabulary word back to help translate the story. The story comes from the Eclogues, a collection of ten short bucolic poems by Vergil. The fourth eclogue, which depicts the return of the g...

This document provides the Latin to English translation of the short story "Over Catiline" from Chapter 22 of Wheelock's Latin 7th Edition Textbook. The document provides latin to english vocabulary to aid in the translation. The story utilizes the fifth declension, ablative of place where, and is a summary of various ablatives uses. The story is an excerpt from the third of Cicero's four speeches against Catiline. Cicero has driven Catiline out of Rome and now triumphantly repor...

This document provides Latin to English Translations of the exercitationes and sententiae antiquae from Chapter 18 of Wheelock's Latin 7th Edition textbook. It also provides a translation of the short story "On Death and Metamorphosis." The translations are from the Elementary Latin 2 (LAT 1020) course taught by Dr. Robert Forman from St. John's University. This document can be helpful for homework translations or as extra practice exercises to prepare for an exam.

This document provides Latin to English translations of theexercitationes and sententiae antiquae from Chapter 15 of Wheelock's Latin 7th Edition textbook. It also provides translations of the short stories "Cyrus' Dying Words on Immortality" and "Fabian Tactics." The translations are from the Elementary Latin 2 (LAT 1020) course taught by Dr. Robert Forman at St. John's University. This document can be helpful for homework help or used as practice exercises to prepare for a...

This document provides Latin to English translations of the exercitationes and sententiae antiquae from Chapter 16 of Wheelock's Latin 7th Edition textbook. It also provides translations of the short stories "Juvenal Explains his Impulse to Satire" and "On a Temperamental Friend." The translations are from the Elementary Latin 2 (LAT 1020) course taught by Dr. Robert Forman at St. John's University. This document can be useful for homework help or as practice problems to prepar...