CommentatioAn introduction to Latin

You already speak a little Latin.

Curatores is a guided introduction to Latin: its words, its grammar, and the places it still turns up in English, from medicine and law to the names of dinosaurs.

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Hiding in plain sight

English is full of Latin.

Pick a word. Its Latin root sits underneath, lined up on the stem they share. Every root here is taught in Capitulum I.

Ocular comes from the Latin oculus, which means eye.

About Curatores

Looking after a language you already use.

Curatores teaches Latin from the words up. The course is short and practical: each chapter teaches a set of words, shows how their endings change, traces them into modern English, and ends with a quiz so you know what stuck.

From the Latin

cūrātōrēs

noun, plural singular cūrātor

Those who take care of something; keepers, guardians.

Every chapter, four steps

  1. Step 1

    Vocabulary

    Learn the words on flashcards: greetings, nouns, adjectives and verbs.

  2. Step 2

    Cases

    See how a word’s ending changes its job in the sentence.

  3. Step 3

    Etymology

    Trace the words into medicine, law and paleontology.

  4. Step 4

    Quiz

    Fifteen questions with instant feedback to check what stuck.

The course

Four chapters, taken in order.

Your progress is saved in this browser, so you can pick up where you left off.

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    Capitulum IFundamentals

    • Vocabulary
    • Cases
    • Etymology
    • Quiz

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