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Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar (Dover Books on Language)
by James B Greenough, J. H. Allen
from Dover Publications

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Valuable reference work
  This book is a valuable reference for Latin grammar. If you have a first-year text such as Wheelock, you will still need this book or one like it to explain the many Latin constructions you will encounter which are not explained in an introductory textbook. I used this book to help write a grammatical commentary on a letter written by Cicero, as part of a school assignment. It was easy to find the information I needed.

• New Latin Grammar
  For over a century, the peerless and indispensable companion for for anyone involved with Classical Latin. It passes on a tradition of profound scholarship with clarity and exactitude. A great bargain in the paperback edition.

• pretty good
  This grammar is pretty good. I don't have experience with other grammars but it has been useful in everything for which I have used it yet. My only complaints are that the index lists terms under section number (sections outnumber pages), which took a while to figure out, and that some obscure constructions are listed as being in a nearly unrelated section with sometimes only a very passing mention, unless I'm still not using the thing right. At any rate, very helpful.

• An excellent Latin grammar!
  I started using this classic grammar online. When I saw how inexpensive it is on Amazon, even the hardback, I had to order one. I have enjoyed it ever since. Even the most bizarre constructions found in Latin documents are in there someplace. It is so full of interesting items, and lucidly explained, that I enjoy reading it regularly just to keep improving my Latin. I even find the historical explanations valuable. They don't necessarily improve my understanding, but I find it easier to remember forms and... more info

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