Easy Latin Crossword Puzzles [Paperback]

Betty Wallace Robinett (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 11, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0844284467 | ISBN-13: 978-0844284460 | Edition: 1

Expand your Latin vocabulary while having fun!

Broaden your knowledge of Latin and discover those English words rooted in Latin using Easy Latin Crossword Puzzles. This book uses the ingenious Quid Pro Quo method--exchanging English clues for Latin words (and, for the last four puzzles, vice versa). An answer key is included.

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From the Back Cover

Learn Latin through crossword puzzles!

Easy Latin Crossword Puzzles offers you 50 puzzles to learn and practice Latin words and expressions. The puzzles will challenge you and help you develop your grasp of basic Latin vocabulary.

The method to success with this book is Quid Pro Quo (exchanging one thing for another): to solve these puzzles you exchange English clues for Latin words that you select from a list. But look out: the list includes a few red herrings to make your choices more difficult. Of the 50 puzzles, eight involve well-know phrases and four are reversed, where you put an English word into the grid.

If you took Latin long ago, you'll find this an enjoyable way to study it de novo (anew). If Latin is terra incognita (an unknown area) for you, the puzzles will help expand your English vocabulary as well as your knowledge of Latin. And if you run into difficulties, just remember errare humanum est (to err is human), and consult the answers at the back of the book.

Tempus fugit (time flies) when you're having fun with Easy Latin Crossword Puzzles!

The puzzles feature English clues with Latin answers, except for four puzzles which have Latin clues with English answers.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (August 11, 1999)
• Language: English, Latin
• ISBN-10: 0844284467
• ISBN-13: 978-0844284460
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #303,441 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #14 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Reference > Foreign Languages > Instruction > Latin
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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Fun for Beginning Latin Students, August 8, 2004

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A. VanHecke "Love2learn Mom" (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Easy Latin Crossword Puzzles (Paperback)

It's so nice to find a supplement that really is easy and can be used by fairly novice Latin students - especially one that is so reasonably priced!!! 50 Crossword puzzles are offered in this volume (with a mix of Latin to English and English to Latin translations) with a list of possible words to choose from at the bottom of each page. (This feature is nice both because it makes it easier for beginning students to choose from a limited vocabulary and because it eliminates confusion about which ending should be used to fit precisely in the crossword.)

This is a fun and easy way to practice vocabulary and have a little variety in your Latin studies.

26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars CAPITALS are correct, February 13, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Easy Latin Crossword Puzzles (Paperback)

The reviewer below is barking up the wrong tree. Classical Latin was written in all-caps and without accents or macrons. Even when later Latin came to be written in both upper and lower cases, there were no accents or macrons. Perhaps a little harder for beginners, but that's what textbooks are for (also beware that V will represent both u and v, much as in the Oxford Latin dictionary, because the Romans didn't have two separate letters. Hence why v is pronounced like w or u.) This isn't Greek, and by and large accents don't matter. They're completely regular, in any case, and similar to English - with a little practice you'll put them in the right place naturally. If all caps are annoying, at least they'll teach you to read Latin without the artificial aids of modern editors, and that's a valuable skill to have.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Just what I wanted., January 14, 2002

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Melody Theoharis (Bremerton, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Easy Latin Crossword Puzzles (Paperback)

This book of Latin crossword puzzles is just what I was looking for to supplement my two teenage daughters' Latin course. I am a homeschooling mother with no Latin experience and wanted to give them a little extra to study but did not want another text book for fear of a revolt. It is an enjoyable, relaxing way to review and increase your vocabulary in Classical Latin. The words that will be used are listed at the bottom of the page which is a big help, but I would suggest a Latin/English dictionary in the house if you get into a jam. If you are a "brain" in Latin you probably won't find it very satisfying, but this book works well for beginners.