Tamarack Christian Latin: Progressus Latine

Hac in schola omnes sumus condiscipuli. / In this school we are all students.

6 may 2026

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This page lists topics typically covered by Dr. Peters in direct instructional settings, i. e., seated classrooms or tutoring of independent students.

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Progressus Latine / Progress in Latin

Below are topics typically treated during a basic sequence of Latin studies (e.g., two years in college, or about three years in high school, or an equivalent period of independent study) and, consequently, those covered in Dr. Peters' formal Latin instruction formats. The individual materials listed below are not of equal importance or difficulty. Some will be learned in a few minutes, others will require days or weeks to learn and sometimes months to master. No particular textbook is required by this sequence although some textbook references are given for convenience.

The materials that a student is expected to have learned, or is studying at present, and what has not yet been presented, are indicated as follows:

Topics already presented and thus subject to examination.

Topics being presented and soon subject to examination.

Topics not yet presented.

This list should not intimidate beginners! Latin is a logical subject matter and it can be learned in a logical, step-by-step format.

Preliminary topics.

• First thoughts toward learning Latin, here.

• Kinds of Words (Parts of Speech), here.

• Notes on sentences, here.

Orationes.

Learning note. Besides the obvious value of (a) praying (b) in the Church's common language, Latin prayers are a rich source of grammatical examples for learners.

• Signum crucis, here.

• Pater noster, here.

• Ave Maria, here.

• Gloria Patri, here.

• Salve Regina, here.

• O mi Jesu, here.

• Deus, cujus, here.

• Benedic Domine, here.

• Agimus tibi, here.

• Angelus, here.

• Anima Christi, here.

• Requiem aeternam, here.

• Actiones nostras, here.

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Hymni.

Learning note. Besides the obvious value of (a) praying (b) in the Church's common language, Latin hymns are a rich source of grammatical examples for learners.

• Tantum ergo, here.

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• O Salutaris Hostia, here.

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• O Sanctissima, here.

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• Adoro te devote, here.

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• Regina coeli, here.

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• Ave verum (Mozart), here.

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• Veni Creator Spiritus (1632, chant), here.

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Cantica.

Learning note. Good songs in Latin, besides being fun to sing, provide grammatical examples upon which learners can draw and, at the same time, underscore the enduring expressive power of this ancient language.

• Non nobis, here.

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• Gaudeamus igitur, (I) here.

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• Gaudeamus igitur, (II) here.

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• Nobilis albulus, here.

• Heri, here.

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Noun basics, here.

Learning note. Second only to verbs, nouns and other 'substantives' are the most important words in a sentence.

• Declensions, here.

• Noun case system, here.

• Vocative case, here.

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Semi-declined

Jesus, Jesu, Jesu, Jesum, Jesu.

Indeclinable

fas ▫ nefas ▫ necesse ▫ mane ▫ satis ▫ instar ▫ nihil

Pronoun basics, here.

• Personal, here.

ego

is, ea, id

• Relative, here; use, here. Collins, 10

qui

quae

quod

• Emphatic, hic, here.

his

haec

hoc

• Emphatic, ille, here.

ille

illa

illud

• Unemphatic, iste, here.

iste

ista

istud

Adjective basics, here.

Collins

• I/II Adjectives.

• III Adjectives.

• Partly irregular adjectives.

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Verbs, here.

Learning note. Verbs are the most important words in a sentence; besides conveying the main action in a sentence, finite Latin verbs usually convey who is the subject of the sentence.

• Principal parts of verbs, here.

• Regular, indicative, here.

• Regular, subjunctive, here.

• Esse, here.

indicative

subjunctive

• Posse, here.

indicative

subjunctive

• Passive voice in the present tenses.

• Imperative mood, here.

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Adverb basics, here.

Learning note. Latin adverbs, small words that never change, are the students' friend: memorize them once and use them almost exactly as they are used in English.

Opposites

sic ▫ non // bene ▫ male // merito ▫ immerito // lente ▫ cito

// sursum ▫ deorsum // pigre ▫ diligenter // antea ▫ postea

// deinceps ▫ retrorsum // benigne ▫ inique // rite ▫ perperam

// vere ▫ false // certe ▫ minime

Ranges & sequences

numquam ▫ raro ▫ interdum ▫ saepe ▫ semper

// heri ▫ hodie ▫ cras // semel ▫ bis ▫ ter

// imprimis ▫ deinde ▫ postremo // minime ▫ partim ▫ omnino

Pairings

nunc ▫ tunc // hic ▫ ibi

Distinguish

foris ▫ foras // verum ▫ verumtamen

Interrogative

ubi ▫ quid ▫ quando ▫ quare ≈ cur ▫ quomodo ▫ quam

Common

iterum ▫ statim ▫ subito ▫ repente

Preposition basics, here.

Learning note. Latin prepositions, small words that never change, are the students' friend. Always memorize the case a given prepositions takes.

Accusative

ad ▫ trans ▫ ante ▫ secundum ▫ propter ▫ ante ▫ apud ▫ ob ▫ praeter

Acc or Abl

in ▫ super ▫ sub

Ablative

a (ab, abs) ▫ coram ▫ cum ▫ sine ▫ pro ▫ prae ▫ de ▫ e (ex)

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Conjunction basics, here.

Learning note. Latin conjunctions, small words that never change, are the students' friend.

Enclitics

-que ▫ -ve

Post-positives

enim ▫ autem ▫ igitur ▫ tamen ▫ quoque

Pairs

et ... et ▫ vel ... vel ▫ neque ... neque

Interjection basics, here.

Learning note. Latin interjections, small words that never change, are the students' friend. They operate much like the English counterparts.

• Ecce! ▫ Ehue! ▫ Proh dolor!

Selected grammar points.

Collins

• Dative of the possessor.

• Interrogative particle '-ne'

• Quia, quod, quoniam ≈ that, since, because

• Three ways out of a jam.

• Infinitive as subject.

• 'causa' as improper preposition.

• Perfect passive participle.

• Enclitic '-dam'.

• Ablative absolute.

• You can't get enough of 'satis'.

• Present active participle.

• Vere ▫ vero ▫ verus, -a, -um.

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Vocabulary (in continual process).

• Collins Units 01-08. Collins main, here.

• Collins Units 09-16. Collins main, here.

Alia.

• Greetings.

• Roman numerals, 1‒100, here.

• Roman numerals, 101‒3,999, here.

• Roman numbers (recitation), I‒X, here.

• Unus, una, unum, here.

• Duo, duae, duo / Tres, tres, tria, here.

• Quattuor‒Viginti, here.

• Benedictus, here.

• Magnificat, here.

• Nunc dimittis, here.

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Verbum Dei

Learning note. Besides the obvious value of learning key passages of Scripture and the Fathers, such passages are a rich source of grammatical examples for learners.

• Terribilis est locus iste: non est hic aliud nisi domus Dei, et porta caeli. Gen XXVIII: 17.

• Tibi dico: Surge, tolle grabatum tuum et vade in domum tuam. Mark II: 11.

• In principio erat Verbum et Verbum erat apud Deum et Deus erat Verbum. John I: 1.

• Ego sum via, et veritas, et vita; nemo venit ad Patrem nisi per me. John XIV: 6.

• Non enim iudicavi scire me aliquid inter vos nisi Iesum Christum et hunc crucifixum. I Cor. II: 2.

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• Quicumque vult salvus esse ante omnia opus est, ut teneat catholicam fidem: Quam nisi quisque integram inviolatamque servaverit, absque dubio in aeternum peribit. Athanasian Creed, 6th century.

• Fecisti nos ad te, Domine, et inquietum est cor nostrum donec requiescat in te. Augustine, Confessions 1, 1.

Grammatical terms & questions

Collins

• What is a nominal sentence?

# 18

• What is parsing?

# 29

• What is the agency 'a'?

# 37

• Name three adjectives that work with an ablative.

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• What is ellipsis?

# 44

• What is the number and gender of an infinitive noun (gerund)?

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• What is apposition?

# 77

• What is a periphrastic construction?

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• What is the dative of personal agency?

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• What is the infinitive of purpose?

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• What are enclitics?

• What is a heteroclyte?

• Verbs such as 'give', 'offer', 'show', or 'tell', look for a - ?

Abbreviations.

INRI ▫ OPN ▫ RIP ▫ SPQR ▫ BVM ▫ ETC

AMDG ▫ QED ▫ AM ▫ PM ▫ NB ▫

AD ▫ FR ▫ EG ▫

DM ▫

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Prayers.

• (Signum crucis). In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen. Δ vsi.

• Ave Maria, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum. Benedicta tu in muliéribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatóribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen. Δ vsi.

• Pater noster, qui es in cælis: sanctificetur nomen tuum; advéniat regnum tuum; fiat vóluntas tua, sicut in cælo, et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hódie; et dímitte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris; et ne nos inducas in tentationem; sed líbera nos a malo. Δ vsi.

• Gloria Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto; sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen. Δ vsi.

• O mi Jesu, dimitte nobis debita nostra, libera nos ab ignis infernis, conduc in caelum omnes animas, praesertim illas quae maxime indigent misericordiae tuae.

• Salve, Regina, mater misericordiæ: vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve. Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevæ. Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle. Eia, ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte. Et Iesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui, nobis post hoc exsilium ostende. O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria. Amen. Δ vsi. // Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Genetrix. Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.

• (Prayer after rosary). Deus, cujus Unigénitus per vítam, mortem, et resurrectiónem Súam nóbis salútis ætérnæ præmia comparávit: concéde, quæsumus: ut hæc mystéria sacratíssimo beátæ Maríæ Vírginis Rosário recoléntes, et imitémur quod cóntinent, et quod promíttunt, assequámur, per eúndem Chrístum Dóminum nóstrum. Amen. Δ vsi.

• (First table grace). Benedic, Dómine, nos, et hæc tua dona, quæ de tua largitate sumus súmpturi. Per Christum Dóminum nostrum. Amen. Δ pil.

• (Second table grace). Agimus tibi gratias, omnipotens Deus, pro universis beneficiis tuis, qui vivis et regnas in saecula saeculorum. Fidelium animae, per misericordiam Dei, requiescant in pace. Amen. Δ pil.

• Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariæ. / Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto. Ave Maria.

Ecce Ancilla Domini. / Fiat mihi secundum Verbum tuum. Ave Maria.

Et Verbum caro factum est. / Et habitavit in nobis. Ave Maria.

Ora pro nobis, Sancta Dei Genetrix. / Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.

Oremus. Gratiam tuam quaesumus, Domine, mentibus nostris infunde; ut qui, angelo nuntiante, Christi Filii tui Incarnationem cognovimus, per passionem eius et crucem, ad resurrectionis gloriam perducamur. Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen. Δ cf.

• Anima Christi, sanctifica me. Corpus Christi, salva me. Sanguis Christi, inebria me. Aqua lateris Christi, lava me. Passio Christi, conforta me. O bone Jesu, exaudi me. Intra tua vulnera absconde me. Ne permittas me separari a te. Ab hoste maligno defende me. In hora mortis meæ voca me. Et iube me venire ad te, ut cum Sanctis tuis laudem te. In sæcula sæculorum. Amen.

• Requiem aeternam dona eis (ei), Dómine, et lux perpétua lúceat eis (ei). Fidelium animae, per misericordiam Dei, requiescant in pace. Amen. / Animae omnium fidelium defunctorum, per misericordiam Dei, requiescant in pace. Amen. Δ om.

• Actiones nostras, quaesumus Domine, aspirando praeveni et adiuvando prosequere: ut cuncta nostra operatio a te semper incipiat, et per te coepta finiatur. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen. Δ sra.

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Hymns.

• Regina coeli, lætare, alleluia; Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia; Resurrexit sicut dixit, alleluia; Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia! Δ solo chant.

• Tantum ergo Sacramentum, veneremur cernui: Et antiquum documentum, novo cedat ritui: Præstet fides supplementum, sensuum defectui. // Genitori, Genitoque, laus et iubilatio, salus, honor, virtus quoque sit et benedictio: Procedenti ab utroque, compar sit laudatio. Amen. Δ choir chant.

• O salutaris Hóstia, Quae caeli pandis óstium: Bella premunt hostília, da robur fer auxílium. // Uni trinoque Dómino sit sempiterna glória, Qui vitam sine término nobis donet in pátria. Δ choir; Δ solo and organ.

• O sanctissima, o piissima, dulcis Virgo Maria! Mater amata, intemerata, ora, ora pro nobis. // Tu solatium et refugium, Virgo Mater Maria. Quidquid optamus, per te speramus; ora, ora pro nobis. Δ choir; Δ choir and organ.

• Adoro te devote, latens deitas, Quæ sub his figuris vere latitas; Tibi se cor meum totum subjicit, quia te contemplans totum deficit. // Visus, tactus, gustus in te fallitur, sed auditu solo tuto creditur. Credo quidquid dixit Dei Filius; nil hoc verbo Veritátis verius. // In cruce latebat sola Deitas, at hic latet simul et humanitas, Ambo tamen credens atque confitens, peto quod petivit latro pœnitens. // Plagas, sicut Thomas, non intueor: Deum tamen meum te confiteor. Fac me tibi semper magis credere, in te spem habere, te diligere. Δ chant.

• Ave, verum corpus, natum de Maria virgine: // Vere passum, immolatum in cruce pro homine; // Cujus latus perforatum unda fluxit et sanguine. // Esto nobis praegustatum in mortis examine. Δ four voices.

• Veni Creator Spiritus mentes tuorum visita, imple superna gratia quae tu creasti pectora. // Qui diceris Paraclitus, altissima donum Dei, fons vivus, ignis, caritas, et spiritalis unctio. // Tu, septiformis munere, digitus paternae dexterae, Tu rite promissum Patris, sermone ditans guttura. // Accende lumen sensibus: infunde amorem cordibus: infirma nostri corporis virtute firmans perpeti. // Hostem repellas longius, pacemque dones protinus: ductore sic te praevio vitemus omne noxium. // Per te sciamus da Patrem, noscamus atque Filium; Teque utrisque Spiritum credamus omni tempore. // Deo Patri sit gloria, et Filio, qui a mortuis surrexit, ac Paraclito, in saeculorum saecula. Amen. Δ chant.

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Songs.

• Gaudeamus igitur, 13th century. Δ two verses; Δ complete song.

(I) Gaudeamus igitur, juvenes dum sumus. (bis)

Post iucundam iuventutem, post molestam senectutem,

nos habebit humus, nos habebit humus!

(II) Vivat academia, vivant professores! (bis)

Vivat membrum quodlibet, vivant membra quaelibet,

semper sint in flore, semper sint in flore!

(Others)

Ubi sunt qui ante nos, in mundo fuere? (bis)

Vadite ad superos, transite in inferos,

hos si vis videre, hos si vis videre!

Vita nostra brevis est, brevi finietur. (bis)

Venit mors velociter, rapit nos atrociter,

nemini parcetur, nemini parcetur!

Semper ius canonicum confirmet Ecclesiam. (bis)

Canonistae nobis dant, ceteri quam obscurant,

viam veram et correctam, viam veram et correctam!

Let us rejoice thus, while we are young (twice)
After a pleasant youth, after troublesome old age,
the earth will have us, the earth will have us!

Long live the school! Long live the teachers! (twice)
Long live each student, long live every student,
forever may they flourish, forever may they flourish!

• Non nobis, Psalm 115:1. Δ (Doyle).

Non nobis Domine, Domine, non nobis, Domine,

sed nomini, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.

Not us, O Lord, O Lord, not to us, O Lord,

but to (your) name, to your name give the glory.

• Heri. Δ (Beatles / Ranieri).

O heri, omnes curae distabant mihi

ac labores sunt mansuri

o, ipse credo in hoc heri.

Et statim, non sum tantus vir quem noverim,

umbrae pendentes crescunt sensim

O di, heri coit statim.

Cur me reliquit, nemo scit, non dixit mi

dixi rem pravam, iam cupiam uti sit heri.

O heri, ludebamus amore facili,

ac nunc volo modo celari

O, ipse credo in hoc heri.

Cur me reliquit, nemo scit, non dixit mi

dixi rem pravam, iam cupiam uti sit heri.

O heri, ludebamus amore facili,

ac nunc volo modo celari

O, ipse credo in hoc heri.

Mmmmmm.

• Nobilis albulus. Δ (Rogers-Hammerstein / Ranieri)

Cur non mi dixsti?

Quid?

Ut afferam harmonicam.

Nobilis albule, mane me salutas

floscule, clarule, corcula mea laetas.

Candida nix, crescas, floreas,

floreasque semper.

Nobilis albule, patriam umquam beato!

Why didn't you tell me?

What?

That I should bring my harmonica.

Sicut Pater, taciter, stat Faber supra nos. Dicit nobis suaviter, Defendo quoque vos.

staging, disregard materials below.

Nominative: Never takes a preposition.

Genitive: These are not true prepositions and they follow their objects.

causa

grátia

vice(m)

Dative: Never takes a preposition in Latin (but often uses one in English!)

Accusative only

ad	adversu -s/-m	ante	apud
circa, círciter	circum	cis, citra	clam
contra	erga	extra	infra
inter	intra	iuxta	ob
penes	per	pone, post	praeter
prope	propter	secundum	(secus)
supra	trans	versus	ultra
usque

Accusative or Ablative

super

sub

Ablative only

a, ab, abs	coram	cum	de
e, ex	palam	prae	pro
procul	simul	sine

Oddballs

subter (acc or rarely abl), tenus (abl or gen, usually post-positive)

Quick chart for regular verbs (in the active voice and the indicative mood).

	I -are	II -ere	III -ere		IV -ire
Present	-o	-eo	-o	-io	-io
Imperfect	-abam	-ebam	-ebam	-iebam	-iebam
Future	-abo	-ebo	-am	-iam	-iam
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Perfect	-i	-i	-i	-i	-i
Plu-Perfect	-eram	-eram	-eram	-eram	-eram
Future Perfect	-ero	-ero	-ero	-ero	-ero

• Charts for two of the most important irregular Latin verbs, esse and posse, here.

Selected verbs (regular)

I -are

II -ere

III -ere (o)

III -ere (io)

IV -ire

ambulare

laudare

manducare

intrare

cantare

orare

docere

sedere

monere

ducere

capere

audire

finire

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Irregular verbs: esse and posse, here.

English to Latin Sentences

English

Latin

English

Latin

You sing.

Y'all sing.

Am I walking?

They are walking.

He walks and praises.

Do you walk?

She does not eat.

They are not eating.

We enter.

I eat.

She walks.

We are not entering.

They are going in.

We are not praising.

Do we praise?

Y'all praise.

He eats.

They do not walk.

I go in.

I eat.

I teach.

We are not teaching.

We teach.

Does she teach?

They are not sitting

Do you sit?

He is sitting.

You sit.

Y'all sit.

He does sit.

Are we teaching and sitting?

He sits.

He is not sitting.

They do not teach.

Crusader shield image

Telling time in Ancient Rome, Youtube here.

English to Latin, 4.

If some word/s appear/s in bold start your translation with it/them.

English to Latin, 3.

If some word/s appear/s in bold start your translation with it/them.

Dative of the possessor

If some word/s appear/s in bold start your translation with it/them.

Mary has the document.

Mary has the documents.

Mary will have the documents.

The Church belongs to Jesus.

Mary had the document but now Paul has it.

Glory and power belong to the Lord.

We will have the glory in heaven.

Heaven has good angels.

Domina has a mother.

Translate the following sentences into English. If some word/s appear/s in bold start your translation with it/them.

We love Jesus.

We will love Jesus.

The Church was loving Jesus.

Sextus was walking in the street.

Mother and father were in church.

Mother prays in the church and in the street.

Peter is with Paul.

Is the prophet in the church?

Are the prophets in the church?

English to Latin Sentences, 0.

-are verbs, ambulare, cantare, intrare, laudare, manducare

You sing.

Y'all sing.

Am I walking?

They are walking.

He walks and praises.

Do you walk?

She does not eat.

They are not eating.

We enter.

I eat.

She walks.

We are not entering.

They are going in.

We are not praising.

Do we praise?

Y'all praise.

He eats.

They do not walk.

I go in.

I eat.

-ere verbs, docere, sedere

I teach.

We are not teaching.

We teach.

Does she teach?

They are not sitting

Do you sit?

He is sitting.

You sit.

Y'all sit.

He does sit.

Are we teaching and sitting?

He sits.

He is not sitting.

They do not teach.

1. Panis Angelicus (Bread of Angels) sung by Andre Bocelli

2. Adore te Devote (Humbly I adore thee)…Gregorian Chant

3. O Salutaris hostia (O saving victim) Gregorian Chant

4. Pange Lingua Corperis (Now, my tongue, the mystery telling) Gregorian Chant

5. Tantum Ergo Sacramentum (Come Adore)…sung by Daughters of Mary

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