Search results for "Latin" - New World Encyclopedia
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- found at Qumran. Apparently the Old Latin manuscripts are also translated ... Tobit: The Text in Aramaic, Hebrew, and Old Latin with English Translations ...8 KB (1,317 words) - 15:33, 30 January 2024
- The English word "asparagus" derives from classical Latin, but the plant was once known in English (prior to 1400) as "asperages ...14 KB (2,081 words) - 04:48, 18 August 2023
- different stories about his death. The Latin writer Gaius Julius Hyginus ... Latin sources add that Oenopion was the son of Dionysus, and Dionysus ...11 KB (1,784 words) - 02:16, 18 November 2022
- theologian, the last of the Western Latin Fathers, and an encyclopaedist ... a remarkably short time, Isidore mastered Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. It is ...18 KB (2,717 words) - 06:05, 8 March 2024
- three versions, two in Greek and one in Latin. It may be summarized as follows: ... due to the fact that her name resembles the Latin word agnus, which means ...11 KB (1,796 words) - 06:46, 16 June 2023
- criticism of the character of Vulgar Latin (Late Latin) literature. ... rediscovering and republishing the classic Latin and Greek texts. He wanted ...17 KB (2,782 words) - 22:19, 25 January 2024
- 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
- debate. Some suggest it is derived from the Latin family name Artorius, meaning ... Major, or the Great Bear. The Classical Latin Arcturus would have become ...21 KB (3,215 words) - 11:02, 16 August 2023
- sensualism. He wrote in Italian rather than Latin, to make his ideas more accessible ... in Italian rather than the traditional Latin, and was always concerned ...9 KB (1,233 words) - 05:40, 11 August 2023
- He not only practiced medicine, but edited Latin works for the printer Sebastian ... creative. He introduced dozens of Greek, Latin, and Italian loan-words and ...11 KB (1,822 words) - 09:39, 11 April 2024
- Movement throughout Europe and Latin America. The Constructivist Movement had an enormous impact on the modern masters of Latin America, such ...9 KB (1,167 words) - 18:57, 19 May 2020
- The word "porphyry" is derived from a Latin term that means "purple." Purple was the color of royalty, and the "Imperial ...8 KB (1,217 words) - 05:39, 30 November 2022
- crowns. Others think the name stems from the Latin "carnis" (flesh), which refers to the original color of the flower, or incarnacyon (incarnation ...10 KB (1,415 words) - 00:27, 29 November 2023
- The word, "percussion," has evolved from the Latin terms: ... *Latin percussion *Tabla *Dhol *Dholak *Berimbau *Timbal ...13 KB (1,907 words) - 00:31, 24 November 2022
- roles in church governance. Derived from the Latin term cardo (meaning "hinge"), their title and position is indicative of the pivotal role ...9 KB (1,483 words) - 19:13, 26 November 2023
- university. In the past, subjects such as Latin and Greek were emphasized ... In medieval times, the importance of Latin in government and religion ...25 KB (3,841 words) - 18:49, 24 May 2024
- rhythmic elements of Caribbean and Latin folk music into his own. As Frederick Starr pointed out, these rhythmic elements "anticipate ragtime ...9 KB (1,339 words) - 07:55, 9 March 2023
- friends he obtained admission into the Slavic Greek Latin Academy. There his progress was very rapid, especially in Latin, and in 1734 he was sent from ...9 KB (1,383 words) - 17:53, 9 November 2022
- are takes from HLAS Online (Handbook of Latin American Studies Online) ... Austin, Tex., Univ. of Texas, Institute of Latin American Studies, 1970. 268 ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 03:44, 1 October 2023
- Authority (Latin auctoritas, used in Roman law as opposed to potestas and imperium) is a key concept in political philosophy. Authority is a ...10 KB (1,553 words) - 19:17, 22 August 2023
