Lapicida Latinus: Learn Latin

You don't need to throw menhirs to master Latin. Just open Lapicida.

Any app can teach you words. Understanding Latin takes more: recognising forms, analysing sentences, reading real ancient texts. Lapicida joins all four steps into one path — from your first word to Cicero, Caesar or Virgil in the original.

For school, for a university Latin requirement, or for learning on your own. Lapicida follows your pace.

Try it free.

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THE PATH TO YOUR LATIN EXAM
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1. VOCABULARY WITH AI PHOTO SCAN
Photograph a page from your book: the AI picks out the words and matches them against more than 11,300 entries — whichever textbook you use. 13 practice modes, from Tetris to Ruina, train your memory through spaced repetition.

2. FORMS IN REAL CONTEXT
Never learn declension and conjugation as an abstract table again. Nouns, adjectives, pronouns and participles inside real sentences, with immediate feedback on case, number and mood.

3. SENTENCES — THE HEART OF IT
More than 3,100 hand-curated practice sentences, written for exactly the form you are working on. Analyse each part step by step across 15 areas that build on one another — from subject and predicate through ACI and NCI to the ablative absolute.

4. READING — THE GOAL
When you are ready, matching texts unlock: Cicero, Caesar, Sallust, Livy, Virgil, Pliny, the Vulgate. Over 130 text collections, matched to your level, with vocabulary help and sentence quiz.

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WRITING, CURRICULUM, STORY
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WRITE INSTEAD OF TYPE
Latin is learned by hand. Write your answers with the S Pen, any other stylus or your finger — in the vocabulary trainer, throughout the forms trainer, and in Stone by Stone. You decide what the pen is for: writing, drawing, both, or nothing. Nothing is forced — for a learner with dyslexia a keyboard is a recognised accommodation, not a shortcut.

YOUR OWN DRAWING AS AN ANCHOR
Draw your picture for a word — scribbles are fine, nobody else needs to recognise it. It stays with you through the repetitions and disappears once you no longer need it.

A CURRICULUM, NOT A PILE OF TOPICS
Four years, clearly ordered: what you learn in the first carries the second. Forms, sentences and reading follow the same progression — alongside any classroom.

A STORY THAT GROWS WITH YOU
64 reading texts of our own for the first three years tell one story — in Latin, German and English, every sentence voiced. In the Reader, the sentences you solved grow together into a text you actually read.

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WHAT MAKES LAPICIDA DIFFERENT
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BUILT FOR DYSLEXIC LEARNERS, FROM EXPERIENCE
Colours that carry meaning (subject blue, predicate red), OpenDyslexic, wider letter spacing, your own pace. Built by someone who learned Latin with dyslexia.

PRONUNCIATION YOU CAN HEAR
More than 28,000 voiced words, forms and sentences in classical Latin pronunciation.

BUILT ON METHODS THAT HOLD UP
Active recall and spaced repetition are among the best-evidenced methods in learning research. Sessions of 5 to 15 minutes are enough.

NO PRESSURE, NO STREAK ANXIETY
No lost points, no broken streaks. The system forgives typos and measures mastery, not attendance.

PRIVACY-FRIENDLY, GDPR-COMPLIANT
No ads, no forced account, no sharing of your data. Practice, forms and reading work offline; the photo scan, the audio and syncing need a connection.

FOR TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS: THE OFFICINA
Your own word lists, class management, progress at a glance. School licences on request.

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WHO IS IT FOR?
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Secondary school | Latin exam preparation | catching up on a Latin requirement | university (theology, history, law, teacher training) | dyslexia | self-study | homeschool | classical education | AP Latin authors

Try it without an account: basic grammar, selected readings, 5 vocabulary scans, one word list of your own.