Free Latin learning resources
7 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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Latin grammar reference in 642 chapters!
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)"
"NovaRoma's introduction into elementary Latin grammar with many examples and in a practical approach."
"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."
"Easiest to use grammar reference, thanks to the sidebar and searchability."
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.