Search results for "Latin language" - New World Encyclopedia
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- despite his advocacy of classical Latin as the language of high art ... his time studying, particularly classical Latin, and in particular the works ...11 KB (1,750 words) - 01:38, 24 November 2022
- known as (Quicumque vult) from its opening Latin words, is a statement of ... universally rejected. From its internal language, scholars believe it was ...10 KB (1,699 words) - 18:41, 19 August 2023
- a reputation as a professor of Greek and Latin literature in Florence, and ... He studied grammar, rhetoric and the Latin language at the University of ...15 KB (2,444 words) - 04:47, 9 April 2024
- Modus Ponens (Latin: mode that affirms; often abbreviated as MP) is ... Modus Tollens (Latin for "mode that denies" abbreviated ...6 KB (1,057 words) - 19:28, 9 November 2022
- became visible. Lester taught himself Latin, Greek, German, Russian, Japanese, and Hebrew. After his family moved to Myersburg, Pennsylvania ...9 KB (1,301 words) - 22:02, 25 October 2022
- classical Greek logic to medieval Latin scholars. Born into a high ... to transmit classical Greek knowledge to Latin audiences. Several of his ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 06:07, 28 July 2023
- typeset) and both in (modern scientific) Latin. For example, the lion is ... are popularly known as the "Latin name" of the species ...15 KB (2,296 words) - 23:46, 11 January 2023
- a number of critics; he was barred from the Latin canon of poets, and was almost ... became one of the "canonical" Latin poets taught to all Roman ...12 KB (1,947 words) - 16:18, 3 December 2023
- actively engaged with leftist causes in Latin America, openly supporting ... to the development of the genre in Latin America, emancipating it ...9 KB (1,243 words) - 21:13, 4 October 2022
- known in English as Virgil or Vergil, is a Latin poet, the author of the Eclogues ... of Tours who read Virgil and some other Latin poets, nevertheless cautioned ...15 KB (2,361 words) - 20:33, 3 May 2023
- on." The word came into the English language as epigraph, which was used ... during the Rennisance took an interest in Latin and Greek inscriptions, and ...14 KB (2,129 words) - 19:07, 13 February 2024
- book was first published anonymously, in Latin, ca. 1418; several other ... the time, 400 different editions. Some 545 Latin and about 900 French editions ...10 KB (1,599 words) - 22:58, 30 April 2023
- as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature. Ovid is generally ... to demonstrate that the somewhat rigid Latin language could be adapted to dactylic ...14 KB (2,130 words) - 06:01, 18 November 2022
- considered shocking, the playful use of language belies an almost modern ... He not only practiced medicine, but edited Latin works for the printer Sebastian ...11 KB (1,822 words) - 09:39, 11 April 2024
- the day”), is an expression found in a Latin poem by Horace (Odes 1.11). ... which occurs many times in modern English-language popular culture. ...8 KB (1,256 words) - 00:38, 29 November 2023
- and poet. His proficiency in the Greek language (which was rare at the time ... Pseudo-Dionysius and translated them into Latin while adding his own commentary ...10 KB (1,486 words) - 15:09, 1 August 2022
- Adelard of Bath (Latin: Adelardus Bathensis) (1116? - 1142?) was a ... Adelard became an expert in the Arabic language, which he might have ...13 KB (1,951 words) - 05:50, 15 June 2023
- Mundus Novus ("New World") was a Latin translation of a lost Italian ... made by Vespucci between 1497 and 1504. A Latin translation was published ...12 KB (1,880 words) - 06:51, 25 July 2023
- ), also Saint Bede, the Venerable Bede, or (from Latin) Beda (IPA: ... of the earliest preserved works written in the language. ...12 KB (1,884 words) - 10:20, 26 September 2023
- student of literature, and his knowledge of Latin poetry in particular was ... in 1892 he was offered the professorship of Latin at University College London ...10 KB (1,687 words) - 06:50, 13 June 2023
