Free Latin learning resources
45 free resources, checked and categorised.
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Everything below is free to use — no trial periods and no paywalls. The list covers the main ways people study Latin: structured courses to build a foundation, dictionaries to look things up, and listening and reading material to spend real time in the language. Start with one course and one dictionary, then add listening once you can follow simple sentences.
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Reading material for beginners.
Latin grammar reference in 642 chapters!
"The Cambridge School Classics Project is home of the world-renowned Cambridge Latin Course, hundreds of free teaching and learning resources, teacher support for Latin in UK schools, Latin online activities, myths and performance storytelling, the Electronic Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary, and much more!"
Reading material for Latin learners (including complete beginners).
"From The Open University <<If you are learning Latin word endings, this site is for you! You can quiz yourself on noun, verb and adjective endings. The words you will meet are key vocabulary items which feature in most beginner's courses.>> Be sure to set your preferences (look in the menu)."
Internet Workbook for the Oxford Latin Course.
"A list arranged alphabetically by the Latin word. It lists many English words derived from Latin. Great way to learn vocabulary, both Latin and English!:
"A well-organized and comprehensive tutorial designed along modern lines. Authentic texts are introduced immediately. From The Linguistics Research Center at the the University of Texas at Austin."
Nova Roma's own brief introduction for absolute beginners not only shows how to frame messages with Latin greetings but also gently introduces some basic grammar principles.
"Downloadable Study Guides for each chapter of the OLC, Parts 1-2: grammar explanations, worksheets, vocabulary (Greg Swann)"
"High quality Latin grammar videos developed by Ben Johnson."
"Learn Latin through this podcast. The website has very complete resources. The lessons make use of the Adler text, above. Latin is spoken in the Restored Classical Pronunciation."
"NovaRoma's introduction into elementary Latin grammar with many examples and in a practical approach."
"...an online Latin dictionary (a dictionary of the Latin Language) and Latin grammar tool based on An Elementary Latin Dictionary (by Charlton T. Lewis). This online dictionary is different from any other you've ever used. It has been built from the ground up using AJAX technology to allow the fastest, most efficient and most useful user interface. Oh, and it includes macrons!"
Simple stories for practice.
Ten hacks for getting better at Latin.
"Textkit is a collection of texts, resources, services and tutorials for both Latin and Greek. Textkit is the Internet's largest provider of free and fully downloadable Greek and Latin grammars and readers. There are also many other areas of Textkit which can help you learn Greek and Latin. There is a Forum where you can meet and learn Greek and Latin with other learners. There are study groups where you can move through a textbook at a set schedule with others. With a newsletter subscription you can download a collection of Greek and Latin answer keys. Textkit Vocabulary lets you can create entirely free online vocabulary courses complete with quizzes."
"The Holy Grail of Latin books, from classical to modern era".
"The LatinStudy List is an open mailing list dedicated to the study of Latin, including Classical, Medieval, and Neo-Latin authors. Both beginners and experienced Latinists will find something of interest here. It is shared by multiple study groups. There are typically several levels of beginners' groups as well as advanced groups translating passages from, say, Caesar or Vergil, and some composition groups reviewing grammar. A coordinator sets the group's agenda, then collects and collates assignments. These collations, or side-by-side listings of each group member's answers or translations, are posted directly to the list for discussion. Most questions are answered by the other list members, not necessarily those in your study group. This mix of experience levels, where people switch between the roles of student and instructor, makes the list a particularly effective learning environment and contributes to a sense of community."
168 short video lessons (check this guy's other videos as well).
"Vox Romana is a free monthly podcast about all things Roman."
"Easiest to use grammar reference, thanks to the sidebar and searchability."
"Provides not only ways to practice paradigms of nouns, adjectives, and verbs, but also sentences that incorporate knowledge of cases, demonstratives, and syntax (Anna Andresian)"
"On-line news, completely written in Latin and including numerous sections."
" The greatest e-mail list for living Latin, where Latin is the only language allowed, and one can read the best Latin speakers the world over, and exchange messages with them."
"The largest repository Neo-Latin vocabulary culled from literary sources ... and provides a unique tool for students, instructors and practitioners of active Latin".
Free books in Latin.
This directory began from a community-built list of free language resources — a year of collecting and checking by Joanna (u/chlebka) and dozens of contributors who suggested links, shared freely. See the original list. We have since expanded, re-checked and re-categorised it, and we keep the per-resource credits where the original list recorded them.