List of recent original books in Latin explained

Authors are still producing original books in Latin today. This page lists contemporary or recent books (from the 21st, 20th and 19th centuries) originally written in Latin. These books are not called "new" because the term Neo-Latin or New Latin refers to books written as early as the 1500s, which is "newer" than Classical Antiquity or the Middle Ages.

Translations of pre-existing modern literature are not included here.

Fiction

Literary fiction

TitleAuthorReader levelPublisherFirst
published
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Capti: Fabula Menippeo-Hoffmanniana Americana Modern Latin, fluent reader Cataracta Publications 2011
Praecursus: Fabula Neophysiologica Stephen A BerardModern Latin, fluent reader Cataracta Publications 2019

Fiction for educational use

TitleAuthorReader levelPublisherFirst
published
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or eBook
Ad Alpes: A Tale of Roman Life Herbert Chester Nutting Intermediate Scott, Foresman and Company (1923); Latinitium (2017) 1923 archive.org

Wikisource
Carolus et Maria - D. C. Heath and Company 1933 - Archive.org
Cornelia Beginner / Late beginner University of Chicago Press 1933 - Archive.org

Wikisource (incomplete)
Daimon: An Adventure Story for First Year Latin Students Richard D. Case - Addison Wesley 1971[1] -
Dialogues of Roman Life S. E. Winbolt Intermediate G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. 1913 - Wikimedia Commons

Wikisource
Easy Latin Stories George L. Bennett Intermediate Rivingtons. 1892 - Wikimedia Commons

Wikisource
Fabulae, virginibus puerisque aut narrandae aut recitandae R. B. Appleton Intermediate G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. 1914 - Gutenburg
Fabulae Syrae Luigi Miraglia (Editor) Lower Intermediate Focus 2011 -
A Latin Reader For The Lower Forms In School H.J. Hardy - Macmillan & Co. 1889 archive.org
Ora maritima, a Latin story for beginners E. A. Sonnenschein Beginner Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 1909 Archive.org

Wikisource
Pro patria: a Latin story for beginners E. A. Sonnenschein Beginner (Late) Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 1910 Archive.org

Wikisource
Puer Romanus Intermediate G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. 1913 Project Gutenburg

Novellas for Latin learners

TitleAuthorReader levelPublisherFirst
published
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Agrippīna auriga: A Latin Novella Lance Piantaggini Beginner (independent) 2021 -
Bellum Troianum: A Latin Novella Brian Gronewoller Beginner Storybase Books 2021
Aulus Anser: A Latin NovellaAndrew OlimpiBeginnerStorybase Books2021978-1963471007
Caedes in Via Appia: Fabula Milonis et Clodii Emma Vanderpool Beginner (independent) 2020 -
Cerberus Canis Monstruosus Rachel Beth Cunning Beginner Bombax Press 2020 -
Cloelia, Puella Romana Ellie Arnold Beginner / Late beginner (independent) 2016 Author's website, cc-by-nc-sa PDF
Cornelia Mima Maxey Beginner / Late beginner University of Chicago press 1933 - Archive.org
Wikisource
Cupido et Psyche Rachel Beth Cunning Beginner (Late) / Intermediate Bombax Press 2019 -
Daimon: An Adventure Story for First Year Latin Students Richard D. Case - Addison Wesley 1971 -
Daedalus et Icarus: A Tiered Latin Reader Andrew Olimpi Beginner-Intermediate Comprehensible Classics Press 2018 -
Domini Secretum Rachel Beth Cunning Beginner Bombax Press 2020 -
Duo Fratres: Familia Mala Vol. 2: A Latin Novella Andrew Olimpi Beginner Comprehensible Classics Press 2019 -
Echo et NarcissusRachel AshBeginnerStorybase Books2024978-1963471625
Ego, Polyphemus Andrew Olimpi Beginner Storybase Books 2018
Errores Longi Ulixis, Pars I: A Latin Novella Brian Gronewoller Beginner Storybase Books 2021
Errores Longi Ulixis, Pars II: A Latin NovellaBrian GronewollerBeginnerStorybase Books2022
Erucula: Fabula Metamorphosis: A Latin Novella Rachel Beth Cunning - (independent) 2021 -
Eumachia: Patrona Pompeiana Emma Vanderpool Beginner (independent) 2020 -
Familia Mala: Saturnus et Iuppiter Andrew Olimpi Beginner Storybase Books 2021
Filia Regis et Monstrum Horribile Andrew Olimpi Beginner (independent) 2017 -
Idus Martiae: A Latin Novella Andrew Olimpi Beginner Storybase Books 2021
Incitatus: Fabula Equi Senatorii Emma Vanderpool Beginner (independent) 2020 -
Io Puella Fortis: A Latin Novella (Io et Tabellae Magicae and Io et Monstrum)Andrew Olimpi Beginner (independent) 2020 -
Ira Veneris Rachel Beth Cunning Beginner (Late) / Intermediate Bombax Press 2019 -
Kandake Amanirenas: Regina Nubiae Emma Vanderpool Beginner (independent) 2020 -
Labyrinthus: A Latin Novella Andrew Olimpi Beginner (independent) 2018 -
Lars Romam Odit: A Latin Novella Andrew Olimpi Beginner Storybase Books 2020
Marcus magulus: A Latin Novella Lance Piantaggini Beginner (independent) 2021 -
Medea et Peregrinus Pulcherrimus Rachel Beth Cunning Beginner (Late) Bombax Press 2020 -
Melissurgus Mr. Jessie Craft - (independent) 2020 -
Pandora: Familia Mala Volumen III: A Latin Novella Andrew Olimpi Beginner Comprehensible Classics Press 2020 -
Pegasus et Bellerophon Rachel Beth Cunning Beginner Bombax Press 2020 -
Perpetua et Felicitas: A Latin NovellaBrian GronewollerBeginnerStorybase Books2023978-1736785966
Perseus et Rex Malus: A Latin Novella (Puer Ex Seripho) Andrew Olimpi Beginner (independent) 2017 -
Perseus et Medusa: A Latin Novella (Puer Ex Seripho) Andrew Olimpi Beginner (independent) 2017 -
Poenica purpuraria: A Latin Novella Lance Piantaggini Beginner (independent) 2020 -
Pugio Bruti: A Crime Story in Easy Latin Daniel Petterson and Amelie Rosengren Intermediate (lower) Latinitium 2018
Ridiculi et Horribiles Dei et Deae Rachel Beth Cunning Beginner Bombax Press 2020 -
Rūfus lutulentus et Lūcia: The Latin Novella Plus 18 additional stories Lance Piantaggini Beginner (independent) 2021 -
Sacri Pulli: A Tale of War and Chickens Emma Vanderpool (independent) 2020
signa zodiaca Vol. I: An Astrological Latin Reader Lance Piantaggini Beginner (independent) 2020 -
signa zodiaca Vol. II: An Astrological Latin Reader Lance Piantaggini Beginner (independent) 2020 -
signa zodiaca Vol. III: An Astrological Latin Reader Lance Piantaggini Beginner (independent) 2020 -
tres amici et monstrum saevum: A Latin Novella Lance Piantaggini Beginner (independent) 2020 -
Surus: Fabula Belli et Elephanti Emma Vanderpool (independent) 2019
Via Periculosa: A Latin Novella Andrew Olimpi Beginner (independent) 2018 -
Virgo Ardens Rachel Beth Cunning Intermediate Bombax Press 2020 -

Plays for educational use

TitleAuthorReader levelPublisherFirst
published
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transcription
or eBook
Cothvrnvlvs: Three short Latin historical plays for the use of beginners Edward Vernon Arnold Intermediate G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. 1912 Wikimedia Commons

Wikisource
Easy Latin Plays M.L. Newman Beginner-Intermediate G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. 1913 - archive.org

Wikisource
Ólim: Ludí Scaenicí E. Ryle Intermediate G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. 1914 Wikimedia Commons

Wikisource
Mostellaria (adaptation of Plautus) Rachel Beth Cunning Beginner (Late) / Intermediate Bombax Press 2020 -
The Mysterious Traveler: A Medieval Play about Saint Nicholas: A Tiered Latin Reader Andrew Olimpi Beginner-Intermediate (independent) 2019 -

Poetry

TitleAuthorReader levelPublisherDateFirst
published
ISBNArchive,
transcription
or eBook
Hyacinthus Ancient Latin and Greek 2019
Latin: Harmonica vitrea Modern Latin - - 1992
Latin: Periegesis Amatoria Modern Latin - - 1991
Latin: Carmina Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Traian Lăzărescu.[2] Modern Latin - - 1972
Incantationes Antonius Smerdel Modern Latin - - 1970
De cicadis et undis Parentinis Antonius Smerdel Modern Latin - - 1969
Flatus cupressorum Antonius Smerdel Modern Latin - - 1968
Palmae solis almae Antonius Smerdel Modern Latin - - 1967
Latin: Cantus Firmus Johannes Alexander Gaertner. Modern Latin - - 1966
Latin: Suaviloquia Jan Novák. Modern Latin - - 1966 =
Cantilenae Antonius Smerdel Modern Latin - - 1965
Pontes lucentes Antonius Smerdel Modern Latin - - 1962
Latin: Pegasus Tolutarius Henry C. Snurr aka . Modern Latin - - 1962
Urna Parcarum[3] Modern Latin - - 1961
Latin: Vox Humana Johannes Alexander Gaertner.[4] Modern Latin - - 1954
Latin: Carmina Latina A. Pinto de Carvalho.[5] Modern Latin - - 1946
Latin: Carminum libri quattuor Tomás Viñas.[6] Modern Latin - - 1924

Nonfiction

TitleAuthorPublisherDateOriginal
publication date
ISBNOnline Archive
A Life of George Washington in Latin Prose
or Vita Washingtonii
Francis Glass Wentworth Press 2019 1835[7] Archive.org
Georgii Washingtonis Vita William Lance - - 1835[8] - -
Periegesis orae Rhacusanae Modern Latin - - 1803 Google Books
Latin: Graecarum Litterarum Historia Antonio d'Elia[9] Modern Latin - 1948
Latin: Latinarum Litterarum Historia Antonio d'Elia[10] 1956
Latin: De sacerdotibus sacerdotiisque Alexandri Magni et Lagidarum eponymis Jozef IJsewijn[11] 1961
Latin: Mystagogus Lycius, sive de historia linguaque Lyciorum Wolfgang Jenniges[12] Modern Latin - 1966
Latin: Sententiæ Modern Latin - 1965
Orbis pictus latinus Hermann Koller Artemis & Winkler - 2014 -

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://johnpiazza.net/latin/novels/ Latin Novels
  2. IJsewijn, Jozef, Companion to Neo-Latin Studies. Part I. History and Diffusion of Neo-Latin Literature, Leuven University Press, 1990, p. 226.
  3. Web site: Smerdel, Ton . Hrvatska enciklopedija, mrežno izdanje . Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža . 27 June 2021.
  4. IJsewijn, Jozef, Companion to Neo-Latin Studies. Part I. History and Diffusion of Neo-Latin Literature, Leuven University Press, 1990, p. 293.
  5. IJsewijn, Jozef, Companion to Neo-Latin Studies. Part I. History and Diffusion of Neo-Latin Literature, Leuven University Press, 1990, p. 123.
  6. IJsewijn, Jozef, Companion to Neo-Latin Studies. Part I. History and Diffusion of Neo-Latin Literature, Leuven University Press, 1990, p. 113.
  7. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3290119?seq=1 The Vita Washingtonii of Francis Glass
  8. https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2018/09/latin-at-the-library-colonial-and-early-american-writings/ Latin at the Library: Colonial and Early American Writings
  9. 1 January 2009 . Graecarum Litterarum Historia. By Antonius D'elia S. J.Rome: Angelo signorelli, 1948. Pp.328, with eleven plates and index of writers mentioned. Price: Lire 600. | Greece & Rome | Cambridge Core . Greece and Rome . 18 . 54 . 141 . 10.1017/S0017383500010688 . 2017-07-10.
  10. Review: Latinarum litterarum historia . Antonii D'Elia. The Classical Journal. 51. 6. March 1956. 289–290. The Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Inc. (CAMWS). 3292896.
  11. IJsewijn, Jozef, Companion to Neo-Latin Studies. Part I. History and Diffusion of Neo-Latin Literature, Leuven University Press, 1990, p. 156.
  12. Web site: NAVIGARE NECESSE EST Quattuordecim viatoriæ narrationes veste Latina indutæ. Miscellanea Gaio Licoppe dicata edidit Francisca Licoppe-Deraedt. Legite hic prooemium S. Berard, de philosophia quantali deque institutione publica, Bruxellis, ed. Melissa, 2005, 122 p. ISBN 2-87290-022-5.Quo plura sciatis PATRICIVS SÜSKIND, FRAGRANTIA Historia homicidæ. Fabula romanica a. 1985 theodisce scripta sub titulo, q. E. " das Parfum. Die Geschichte eines Mörders " a Nicolao Gross in Latinum conversa. Editio exhausta. Editio originalis : Patrick Süskind, das Parfum. Die Geschichte eines Mörders, Zürich, Diogenes Verlag, 1985. Legite hic praefationem NICOLAVS GROSS, GLOSSARIVM FRAGRANTIÆ Lexicon Latinorum nominum vocabulorumque rariorum recentiorumve, quæ inveniuntur in fabula Fragrantiæ a Nicolao Gross in sermonem Latinum conversa (Versio : " Fragrantia ", Bruxellis, in Ædibus Melissæ et Domus Erasminanæ, a.2004 ; fabula : Patrick Süskind, " das Parfum - die Geschichte eines Mörders ", Zürich, Diogenes-Verlag, a.1985) Legite praefationem CALEPINVS NOVVS Vocabulaire latin d'aujourd'hui (Français - Latin) Vocabularium linguæ Latinæ hodiernum (Latino - Francogallicum) Ediderunt Fundatio Melissa & Musée de la Maison d'Érasme. 2 tomi in involucro, 204 p. IOHANNES CAPART, Makita, sive de historia cuiusdam muris tempore Pharaonum, in Latinum vertit F. Deraedt. " ... Sic timidus incoho : – Amicus meus Brocartius, Ægyptologus... Ille ridet : – Ægyptologus ! Ægyptologus ! Stolidi sunt omnes. Hoc solum bene fecerunt, quod manuscriptum interpretati sunt. Ne unus quidem eorum ausus est ipsam rem experiri ! Tu Ægyptologus non es. Hac de causa fidem habuisti verbis magicis. Tota illorum scientia quid valet ? Tantum sciunt, quantum libitinarii iique, qui reliquias colligere solent, scire possunt de cultu civili mortuorum quos sepeliunt.... " Hæc fabula romancia de antiqua Ægypto conscripta est a clarissimo Ægyptologo Iohanne Capart, cui non solum erat ingens scientia, sed etiam mira phantasia. ERICUS KÄSTNER, Baronis Mynchusani mirabilia itinera et pericula marina terrestriaque, in Latinum vertit N. Gross. " ... Aliquo die una cum comite theam bibebam, ille cum nonnullis dominis iit in aulam, ut iis monstraret aliquem ex equis suis iuvenibus. Ego remansi in œco publico apud dominas, ut eas oblectarem narratiunculis meis. Subito audivimus clamores terribiles. Ego per scalas propere descendi in aulam, ubi equus tam efferatus calcitrabat, ut nemo auderet appropinquare, ne dicam inscendere. Quod mihi fuit commodissimum. Uno tantum saltu eius dorso insedi... " Notissimæ et iucundissimæ narratiunculæ Baronis Mynchusani ; hæc editio est imaginibus multicoloribus illustrata. VOLFGANGUS JENNIGES, Mystagogus Lycius, sive de historia linguaque Lyciorum. " Etsi remotos Lyciæ montes si quis hodie pervagatur, cum recentior ætas permultis humanitatis atque cultus incrementis securam viam iterque reddat tranquillum, vix animo complectitur quanto labore molestiaque, quali assidua virium contentione qui veterrimas Lyciæ reliquias eruerent, sæculi præteriti investigatores sint enisi, quæve pericula et incommoda in titulis describendis obierint, tamen patet nobis quoque Lycium iter inter rariora et mira esse collocandum... " Auctor multum inquisivit in linguas orientales ; qui de Lycia, æqualibus nostris parum nota, hic proponit conspectum historicum et glottologicum. IEREMIAS GOTTHELF, de Aranea nigra, in Latinum vertit Nicolaus Gross. " ... 'Audi, atta' inquit consobrinus, 'mitte ambages, dic verum et refer sincere ! Equidem haud paucos iam audivi rumores serpentes, sed numquam verum ipsissimum. Nunc certe oportet te nobis hanc rem ingenue narrare, ut tempus fallas, usque dum mulieres carnes assas perficiant.' Tamen avus compluries egit ambages, priusquam paratus erat ad narrandum ; sed consobrinus mulieresque non desierunt eum urgere, dum promitteret, sed ea condicione, ut res a se narratas secreto audirent secumque haberent... " Hac fabula præclarus poeta Helvetius narrat vitam agricolarum temporum præteritorum, eorum gaudia, difficultates, timores. Duæ intermiscentur fabulæ, altera festiva, altera terrifica... De lingua latina COMMENTATIO FRANCOGALLICE CONSCRIPTA : Hoc opusculum conspectum præbet florentis vitæ linguæ Latinæ intra duo millennia, atque monstrat eam falso dictam esse mortuam ab eis, quibus profuit eius usum exstinguere. G. Licoppe, le latin et le politique. Les avatars du latin à travers les âges, Bruxelles, Musée de la Maison d'Érasme, 2003, 62 pp . 2009-12-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101229173957/http://web.me.com/fundatiomelissa/Site/Libri_editi.html . 29 December 2010 . dmy-all .