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The oldest example of Latin extant, perhaps dating to the 7th century bce, consists of a four-word inscription in Greek characters on a fibula, or cloak pin. It shows the preservation of full vowels in unstressed syllables—in contrast to the language in later times, which has reduced vowels...
Since its inception, the Foundation has awarded over400 scholarships(Prodigy, Gifted Tuition and Tuition Assistance) and 46 grants for Latin Music Research and Preservation — a testament to the organization's mission to advance Latin music and its culture through education. In pursuit of this goal...
Based on the history and usage of the Latin word horreum, which is featured in the first episode of the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae podcast, I can’t help but think that not only is the word ever so apropos for an introduction to some of the TLL, but it does quite make an excellent ...
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characteristics, being thus the product of a merging process between Romance mechanisms applying to borrowings and learned vocabulary and the prevailing Germanic dynamics for more ordinary vocabulary, as borne out by the fact that most suffixes of the English language actually entail stress preservation....
Newer material is more likely to be preserved and available, not only on account of the passage of time and selective preservation, but also in regards to the longevity of certain writing materials.[7] Most of the extant Latin literature written before the spread of Christianity comes from the...
Local authorities have ordered employees to stop using the words and phrases on documents and when communicating with members of the public and to rely on wordier alternatives instead. The ban has infuriated classical scholars who say it is diluting the world’s richest language and is the “lin...
‘the aim of all political association is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man. These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression’ and that law should be ‘the expression of the general will’ and therefore ‘it must be the same for all...
waiting for someone (probably Etienne) to explain to me why Kenneth Jackson was wrong in supposing that the Latin underlying Welsh loans still had contrastive vowel length (after all, if he was right, that’s a pretty major difference from continental spoken Latin.) As is the preservation of...