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How hard is Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium to read?
Epistles
By Lucius Annaeus Seneca · In Latin
- Words for 95% of the text
- 7,504
- Sentence length
- 16.0 words
- Words beyond the 5,000 most common
- 74 per 1,000
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Seneca's letters are an intermediate read in Latin for our library: the sentences are of moderate length and there is no dialogue, but the collection is very long and its vocabulary reaches well past the commonest words. Much of the difficulty is the abstract Stoic and moral language, with words such as frugalitas and indifferens, though Seneca's pointed, quotable style keeps each letter easy to follow. It suits readers who already manage simpler prose, such as Pliny's letters, and want to move on to philosophy.
MnemoRead measured this book from its full text: how many of the language's most common words you need to follow it, and how long its sentences are.
How hard this book is
Easier than 65% of our Latin books
The score rises with the words needed to cover 95% of the text and with sentence length. It is the same in every language. Books within about ten points of each other read about as hard.
- Words for 95% of the text
- 7,504
- Sentence length
- 16.0 words
- One sentence in ten runs past 30 words
- Length
- Novel
- 127,032 words · 8+ hours
- Words beyond the 5,000 most common
- 74 per 1,000
- Dialogue
- 0%
Vocabulary needed
Share of the text covered by the most common words of the language.
Names of people and places count as known words.
Show the numbers
| Most common words | Share of the text |
|---|---|
| 100 | 49.5% |
| 250 | 60.5% |
| 500 | 68.7% |
| 1,000 | 77.6% |
| 2,000 | 85.0% |
| 3,000 | 88.5% |
| 5,000 | 92.6% |
| 7,500 | 95.0% |
| 10,000 | 96.3% |
| 15,000 | 97.6% |
| 20,000 | 98.1% |
| 30,000 | 98.5% |
Words to learn first
The words this book uses most that are not among the 5,000 most common of the language, with how often each appears.
- mehercules×31
- frugalitas×21
- optabilis×21
- etiamnunc×18
- inpedio×18
- indifferens×16
- summitto×16
- uelocitas×16
- deprimo×15
- inperfectus×14
- inprobus×14
- quominus×14
- stultior×14
- turpior×14
- conprendo×13
- contemptissimus×13
- quantulus×13
- temperans×13
- adsuesco×12
- cludo×12
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