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- Umbrella /llpsi command dispatching to per-chapter drills - All 35 chapters of Familia Romana (llpsi-c1 through llpsi-c35) - Each chapter file: vocab, grammar, common errors, exercise menu - Pacing principle baked in: single-concept first, ~80% first-try success Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
claude-llpsi
Claude Code slash commands for drilling Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata (LLPSI) by Hans Ørberg — Familia Romana (Pars I), all 35 chapters.
What this is
A set of 36 markdown files that turn Claude Code into a per-chapter Latin tutor. The umbrella command /llpsi dispatches to per-chapter commands /llpsi-c1 through /llpsi-c35, each preloaded with the chapter's vocabulary, grammar, common error patterns, and an exercise menu.
Designed for active drilling, not first exposure — the assumption is that you've already read the chapter (and the corresponding Colloquium Personarum, where applicable) and want exercises plus error-explanation.
Install
Drop the files into your Claude Code commands directory:
cp llpsi*.md ~/.claude/commands/
That's it. Claude Code picks them up as slash commands automatically.
Usage
/llpsi— greet, list chapters, ask what to drill./llpsi 7— drill chapter 7 (Puella et Rosa)./llpsi 4 imperative— drill imperatives in chapter 4./llpsi 5 ablative— drill ablative in chapter 5./llpsi vocab 3— vocab-only drill for chapter 3./llpsi review 1-5— cumulative review across chapters 1–5.
You can also invoke per-chapter commands directly: /llpsi-c8, /llpsi-c12 comparative, etc.
Pedagogy
Each chapter file follows a consistent structure:
- Vocabulary introduced in that chapter
- Grammar introduced (paradigms, tables, rules)
- Common error patterns — what students typically get wrong, and why
- Exercise menu — 10 drill types, ordered roughly by difficulty
- Session start behavior
Pacing principle: single-concept items first, escalating to compound integration only after the basics are solid. The aim is a high first-try success rate (~80%+) so the student gets more wins per item, rather than compound items that produce 2-correct-1-wrong outcomes that feel like failure.
Exercise types follow Ørberg's own PENSVM progression:
- Inflect (single form)
- Fill-in-the-blank — endings only (PENSVM A)
- Fill-in-the-blank — whole words (PENSVM B)
- Parse
- Q&A in Latin (PENSVM C)
- Spot the error
- Latin → English translation
- English → Latin translation (hardest; scaffolded)
Coverage
All 35 chapters of Familia Romana:
| Cap. | Title | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| I | Imperivm Romanvm | nom/abl, 3 genders, est/sunt |
| II | Familia Romana | genitive, -que, meus/tuus |
| III | Pver Improbvs | accusative, verbs (3sg), relative pronoun |
| IV | Dominvs et Servi | vocative, imperative sg, is/eius/suus |
| V | Villa et Hortvs | full ablative, acc. pl., indicative pl. |
| VI | Via Latina | passive voice, place constructions, locative |
| VII | Pvella et Rosa | dative, reflexive sē, hic/haec/hoc (intro) |
| VIII | Taberna Romana | full hic/ille, oblique relatives, abl. of price |
| IX | Pastor et Oves | 3rd declension, ipse |
| X | Bestiae et Homines | infinitive, acc.+inf., posse/velle |
| XI | Corpvs Hvmanvm | acc.+inf. formalized, 4th decl. note |
| XII | Miles Romanvs | 3rd-decl. adj., comparative, exercitus, dat. of poss. |
| XIII | Annvs et Menses | time expressions, ordinals, calendar |
| XIV | Novvs Dies | reflexive sē (full), abl. abs. preview |
| XV | Magister et Discipvli | 6-person verb endings, ego/tū/nōs/vōs |
| XVI | Tempestas | deponent verbs, full present passive |
| XVII | Nvmeri Difficiles | passive paradigm formalized, numbers |
| XVIII | Litterae Latinae | adverbs, īdem, quisque |
| XIX | Maritus et Uxor | future tense, imperfect |
| XX | Parentes | perfect tense (active) |
| XXI | Pugna Discipulorum | perfect active+passive, PPP, acc.+perf-inf. |
| XXII | Cave Canem | supine, principal-parts batch |
| XXIII | Epistula Magistri | future participle, future infinitive |
| XXIV | Pver Aegrotvs | pluperfect (active + passive) |
| XXV | Thesevs et Minotavrvs | deponent imperatives + perfects |
| XXVI | Daedalvs et Icarvs | gerund, future imperative -tō, celer |
| XXVII | Res Rvsticae | present subjunctive, indirect command |
| XXVIII | Pericvla Maris | imperfect subjunctive, sequence of tenses |
| XXIX | Navigare Necesse Est | purpose vs result ut-clauses, cum + subj. |
| XXX | Convivivm | future perfect (active + passive) |
| XXXI | Inter Pocvla | gerundive of obligation, indefinites |
| XXXII | Classis Romana | perfect subjunctive, conditionals |
| XXXIII | Exercitvs Romanvs | pluperfect subjunctive, full conditionals |
| XXXIV | De Arte Poetica | prosody/scansion, hexameter |
| XXXV | Ars Grammatica | comprehensive review, 8 partēs ōrātiōnis |
License
Personal study material. The LLPSI text itself is © Hans Ørberg / Domus Latina; these files are derivative drill structure only and contain no Ørberg text beyond standard pedagogical references.