Perseus Tools
One of the most important tools available to you as a student of Latin
is the Perseus Project website at Tufts University. In addition to providing
a range of Latin texts online, the Perseus Project also has an online
Latin dictionary and an online Latin morphology tool.
You will find links to these tools on most of the webpages for this course
(take a look at the links at the top of this page!).
Believe me: you are going to want to get to know the Perseus website!
So, before beginning the Latin readings for this course, you need to
make sure that you understand how to use these tools.
- Go to the Latin
Dictionary at Perseus. At the top of each dictionary entry there
is a "search" bar that allows you to move through the dictionary
based on the beginning letters of the Latin word. You can also use the
Latin dictionary search page in order to look for Latin words that contain
a specific string of letters that you enter here. Plus you can also
search the dictionary in reverse. Finally, you can also search the dictionary
by the English word entries: this is both a Latin-English dictionary
and an English-Latin dictionary.
- Go to the Morphology
Tool at Perseus. You can enter any Latin word, and Perseus will
do its best to identify the form of that word. can help you: when you
enter a word into the morphology tool, Perseus will do its best to identify
the form of the word and provide a link to the dictionary. The Morphology
Tool is incredibly useful when you do know how to look the word up in
the dictionary or when you are not sure about the ending of the word.
Assignment. Here is an
assignment to get you used to using the Latin
Dictionary and the Morphology
Tool. When you are done, send your answers via email to
laura-gibbs@ou.edu:
- Dictionary. Find 5 words that begin with
"multi" and provide a very brief definition of each
one. For example: "multifructus: abounding in fruit"
- Dictionary. Find 5 words that end with the
suffix "trix" and provide a very brief definition
of each one. For example: "compotrix: a female drinking
companion"
- Dictionary. Find 5 words that contain the
string "form" and provide a very brief definition
of each one. For example: "caniformis: dog-shaped"
- Dictionary. What is the meaning of this word: mustelatus
- Dictionary. What is the meaning of this word: parasceve
- Morphology Tool. What is the dictionary form and
basic meaning of this word: pepercere
- Morphology Tool. What is the dictionary form and
basic meaning of this word: vinciri
- Morphology Tool. What is the dictionary form and
basic meaning of this word: cimicum
... and when you are done, it's time to go play some games at QUIA
- quia.com.
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