Write a letter of recommendation for an acquaintance (familiaris, necessarius, amicus) who is applying to Davidson College. Study the letters we have read for useful vocabulary; pay attention to syntactical construction.
Use available resources!
- Latinitium: Smith and Hall Latin Dictionary
- If you search for “study” you get this marvelous entry
- Morgan Owens Lexicon
- e.g if you go to the adumbratio and search for college, one of the things you get is: school: where do you go to school (or college)? ubi studia exerces? (EGGER L.D.I. 100)
- Logeion
- helps you look for construction and other words used with the word you chose
Please address the following (as found on the peer application review for Davidson College:
- How long and how well have you known the applicant?
- What opportunities have you had to interact with and observe the applicant?
- What do you see as the applicant’s strengths?
- What do you consider to be the applicant’s weaknesses?
Please bear in mind that Latin very often uses verbs where we are inclined to use nouns!
