The article tackles the problem of teaching Latin in gymnasium and lyceum. Unfortunately, the Republic of Moldova is among the countries where Latin language is not an obligatory discipline in the lyceums. The author pays attention to the necessity to improve the activity at the recycling courses for teachers, the quality of teaching Latin at the faculty that could contribute considerably to the formation of the future specialist of foreign languages. The author argues the necessity of the synchronic and diachronic study of Latin, fact that represents an advantage for the theoretical degree of training of the future specialist.