Latin Conjugation & Declension Program?

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What is the best computer program (not a website) for conjugating and declining Latin words? Thanks
 
Machine translation, conjugation and declension are inherently problematic 😦 Your best bet will likely be a good dictionary.
 
I am surprised nobody ever responded this way but a great program is Whitaker’s Words…

users.erols.com/whitaker/words.htm

I have utilized it in a program I have just written recently (open source) to help people memorize Latin prayers. here is its url:

sourceforge.net/projects/latincatholicpr/

I have a youtube video showing how it works if you are interested. It isn’t a commercial project or anything it is just for fun but it has helped me memorize some prayers and it is small enough to work on a netbook. My next stab at this will be an app for the android phone.

youtube.com/watch?v=nf4uIvsipz4
 
It depends on what you want to get out of learning Latin. Is is to learn Latin for Latin Mass or wanting to learn the language not only for church but to read great pieces of literature as well.

Rosetta Stone does have a Latin computer program. I haven’t heard great accolades about it but it could get you up and going. Its pricey and I’m not sure what style of Latin it teacher , Classical or Ecclesiastic or both. Plus can’t guarentee it would give you Christian words either.

If your wanting to learn Latin for Mass , I HIGHLY recommend Memoria Press. I am using this with my children right now. We are going full throttle and learning the Latin language but it uses Ecclesiastical Latin , and they use Christian terms like heaven, instead of sky, and God, etc.
If your just wanting to learn it for Mass I really recommend their program Lingua Angelica 1 and 2, and their Lingua Biblica.
The target audience is for children but let me tell you its a meaty program and as an adult I have learned ALOT from it. The price is right and they include CD’s and DVD’s or just CD’s.
 
I don’t know anything about word-manipulating programs, but I do have a list of Latin grammatical endings and what they signify. It requires some formatting; I will try to do that today and post it this evening on a separate thread. It won’t conjugate/decline a word for you, but it will allow you to look at a word in context and (hopefully) parse it a little easier.

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DaveBj said:
I don’t know anything about word-manipulating programs, but I do have a list of Latin grammatical endings and what they signify. It requires some formatting; I will try to do that today and post it this evening on a separate thread. It won’t conjugate/decline a word for you, but it will allow you to look at a word in context and (hopefully) parse it a little easier.

DaveBj
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On second thought, since I don’t have the permission of the originator, I’ll just post a link to it.

archives.nd.edu/latgramm.htm

DaveBj
 
I’ve written two programs that conjugate and translate, and decline and translate Latin verbs and nouns, respectively.

You can access them at arbucklesoftware.weebly.com.
If you have any interest, I would really appreciate it if you review accuracy, as I’m only a second year Latin student.
Thanks!
 
franklin145 said:
I’ve written two programs that conjugate and translate, and decline and translate Latin verbs and nouns, respectively.

You can access them at arbucklesoftware.weebly.com.
If you have any interest, I would really appreciate it if you review accuracy, as I’m only a second year Latin student.
Thanks!
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It looks interesting, though I confess my interest is not sufficient to download and install it (you can’t just have it run online as a Java app or something?). Looking at the screenshot, though, you need to correct “principle parts” to “principal parts” in all the places where it appears. This includes every place on the webpage. Also, on this page, the heading of section 5 is misspelled (“ISTALLATION”).

Best of luck to you –
 
Spirithound said:
Machine translation, conjugation and declension are inherently problematic 😦 Your best bet will likely be a good dictionary.
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I do not see too much benefit for such program (except for first semester students to cheat) but all you need is a good electronic dictionary and the regular endings. To teach the computer is usually easier than to learn yourself.

What is more beneficial it is an analyzer (the case from the word), as someone pointed out the Perseus is doing that
 
I use the ‘words’ program mentioned above. It is sometimes useful to check my work or when I want to translate something outside of my workbook and there’s a word I don’t know. It’s quicker than a paper dictionary. Wiktionary is also sometimes useful: do conjugations (expand the “conjugation” section).

I’m just first year, I don’t know anything. I need all the help I can get!
 
i know you mentioned it, but

even tho all it does is verbs, i absolutly LOVE Verbix

ive used it in latin and french, and is amazing
 
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