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So our Latin teacher lied to us! I should have known... Thank you very much for the explation! EDIT: In Latin class, our textbook was called "Ludus Latinus",

by krylon 11y ago

So our Latin teacher lied to us! I should have known... Thank you very much for the explation! EDIT: In Latin class, our textbook was called "Ludus Latinus", and our teacher made a big point of explaining how that meant learning was supposed to be a kind of game. It made me groan at the time, but in later years, I always thought it made perfect sense.

pjlegato 11y ago
I'd translate "Ludus Latinus" as something like "Latin Practice," in the same sense you'd say "soccer practice" or "piano practice" or something like that. It is a game, in the sense that it's not the real thing, it's practice for later doing the real thing -- it's a structured, goal-directed game with a particular practical outcome in mind (building Latin skills), not a "let's go have fun in the park without any particular motive other than having fun" kind of a thing.