Latinista: Latin Inflections vs Grammaticus Maximus - Latin Usage & Stats
You’ve practised Latin words to the point where you can recite the whole list with your eyes closed: rosa=rose, bellum=war, terra=ground. You feel like the fastest gun in the West: As soon as you see a word, your neurons fire like a bullet and the translation effortlessly flows out of your mouth. Now you just have to take the test—time to learn whether your pen can keep up with your superior brain.
1. “rosae”
Never heard of it.
2. “es”
Trick question.
3. “terris”
Terris no such word! These aren’t the words you were supposed to practise! If only there was an app which would have prepared you for this and is completely free and works perfectly and is easy to understand and use and looks great too...
With Latinista you can learn to recognize all forms of Latin nouns, adjectives and verbs. You repeatedly get shown a form of a word from a certain inflection group. For inflected nouns and adjectives, you have to provide the correct cases. For inflected verbs, you have to provide the correct translation.
Over 850 Latin words with varying inflection groups have been added by an experienced Latin teacher. These include 9.000+ forms for nouns / adjectives and 32.000+ forms of verbs. Using a guide on the website https://weelweb.com/latinista you can add additional words yourself. These lists can be shared with ease, so that teachers can make wordlists and share them with their students. You can select yourself which lists and cases / forms you want to practise. This way, you can choose to learn only the words that may appear in your test.
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Barbarians are attacking Rome. But they're not just barbarians, they're grammar-savvy barbarians! You are Grammaticus Maximus, the leader of the Roman army. By sending legionnaires of the correct inflection to the onrushing barbarians you can save Rome from destruction.
Defend Rome with your grammar skills, win the favor of the gods by sacrificing to them in their temples, and rain down the vengeance of Jupiter on the barbarians. Grammaticus Maximus turns learning and practicing Latin grammar into a gaming challenge.
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In Grammaticus Maximus you will practice the inflections of Latin (verbs and nouns), but packed in a challenging and fun game.
The game tasks you with defending Rome against advancing barbarians. However, these barbarians come "armed" with a Latin word. By selecting Roman soldiers of the correct inflection you can defeat the barbarians. If you send the wrong legionnaire to a barbarian, your soldier will lose. Barbarians who reach the city will set Rome on fire. If you're not careful, Rome will burn down and you'll lose the game. By defeating barbarians you earn pecunia. By offering this to the gods in the temples, you can improve your armies. Speed them up with the help of Mercury, train them faster with the help of Mars, or let Jupiter's lightning make short work of an advancing barbarian. Earn new upgrades for your triumphal arch by playing well.
In a beautifully designed 3D world and a challenging game setting you'll forget that you are practicing Latin. But only with your knowledge of Latin inflections can you overcome the barbarians.
Grammaticus Maximus, the perfect way to make boring grammar cool!
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Latinista: Latin Inflections VS. 
Grammaticus Maximus - LatinDecember 27, 2024