Study Latin and ancient Greek online

Our method

The fastest route to reading is speaking

Every class is taught in Latin or Greek, live, in a small group. You listen, speak, read and write from the first lesson. We take you from no knowledge at all to reading Virgil or Plato in under two years.

Speaking teaches you to think fast

Conversation happens in real time, so there’s no pause to decode. You get used to understanding Latin and Greek as they come, which makes your reading fast and fluent.

Paraphrasing keeps you in the language

Instead of translating, we paraphrase texts in Latin or Greek. That shows you how each expression relates to others and why the author chose it. You also meet far more of the language in every class.

Inductive learning makes grammar instinctive

You meet new grammar in context and work out how it behaves, then we explain it in Latin or Greek. Using every form again and again helps you internalise it and use it accurately.

Real use gives words meaning

We use Latin and Greek for everything, from talking about our week to staging Greek plays and Latin mock trials. That gives you a natural feel for what words mean and how they’re used.

From £499 per term

From £499 per course

From £120 per hour

From £1,599 all-inclusive

Seminars

Expert-led online reading seminars for advanced students.

How signing up works

Choose a course

Pick a term, intensive, tutoring or trip, and register online.

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Not a complete beginner? A one-to-one interview with a teacher makes sure you join the right class.

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Not quite right? Get a full refund on term courses and intensives within your first two classes.

“Taking Latin through Oxford Latinitas has hands down been my best language learning experience. … I wasn’t sure that learning a language online would work as well as in-person instruction, but it was lively, fun, and personal.”

Allison Scott · Latin Spring School (online), April 2024

“It is a daunting thing to start speaking any new language, let alone Classical Greek – but the sessions quickly became one of the highlights of my week. It felt more like a catch-up with friends than anything else – and, in addition to being more enjoyable than grinding through a grammar book, improved my Greek miraculously!”

Sam Troy · Ancient Greek Spring School (online), April 2023

“This trip put a new face and energy into Latin, a subject I’d previously associated with stagnancy. Unforgettable experience.”

Isabel De Silva · Latin Immersion Trip to Rome, December 2022

Who we are

Oxford Latinitas began in Oxford in 2017 as a student society and became an independent organisation in 2021. Today we are a group of academics, students and language enthusiasts, with more than 20 teachers who speak Latin and ancient Greek fluently. Many of us met at the University of Oxford and are still affiliated with it, but Oxford Latinitas is completely independent of the university.