Thomas G Varnes

TVarnes@Pingry.org

908-647-5555 ext 1630

Room 241

Classes - Find worksheets, assignments, test dates on moodle.pingry.org

Latin III - 1st period

Latin II - 3rd period
Latin III - 5th period
Latin V - 7th period

Advisees - Form III

Ancient Greek - Individual and small group instruction by permission and as time permits

Theater - Set carpentry

Internal Publications - Assembly programs, Polyglot, Vital Signs, Course Selection Guide, The Pingry Manual of Style

Links page - numerical prefixes, unusual plurals, comparison of Latin and Spanish (always under construction)

Sixty per cent of the vocabulary of English is ultimately from Latin and Greek.  Thirty per cent is Germanic, from Anglo-Saxon, the earliest form of English.  The remaining ten per cent is from a variety of sources:  algebra from Arabic, hurricane from Native American, khaki from Hindi, and so on.

Even French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian words are ultimately from Latin, the direct ancestor of them all.

Learning Latin gives ownership of this vocabulary much more effectively than memorizing and forgetting meaningless lists of "SAT" words.

Learning Latin gives easier entry into all of the Romance languages.

Learning Latin gives access to much of the West's great literature and to the civilization which, for better or worse, has formed the basis of European civilization for more than two millennia.

Words are my toys.  Come and play!