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  • Boogaloo (shing-a-ling, popcorn music) is a musical genre of Latin music and dance that was very popular in the United States in the late 1960s ...
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  • he feared it would adversely influence his Latin style. He was a popular teacher ... modern life. Its members adopted Greek and Latin names, met on the Quirinal ...
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  • and education. His extensive knowledge of Latin and Greek equipped him to ... and endangered his life several times. His Latin scholarship eventually gained ...
    13 KB (2,004 words) - 02:43, 4 November 2022
  • Salsa music is a diverse musical genre that is popular across Latin America and among Latinos abroad. Incorporating multiple styles and variations ...
    13 KB (2,004 words) - 01:54, 23 December 2022
  • The original version is in rhyming Latin verse, and contains a series ... in illuminated manuscript form, and in Latin. Many copies were made, and ...
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  • Marsilio Ficino (also known by his Latin name, Marsilius Ficinus) (October 19, 1433 – October 1, 1499) was one of the most influential humanist ...
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  • Saint John Cassian (ca. 360 – 433 C.E.) (Latin: Jo(h)annes Eremita Cassianus, Joannus Cassianus, or Joannes Massiliensis) is a Christian theologian ...
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  • of the outstanding figures of the Silver Latin period, and he is often ranked ... Lucan's place in the history of Latin literature is somewhat ...
    9 KB (1,450 words) - 04:18, 4 November 2022
  • *Latin equivalent of simple 4/4: [[Image:Latin transformation.PNG|550px ... rhythmic elements of Caribbean and Latin folk music into his compositions ...
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  • Marcus Valerius Martialis, known in English as Martial, was a Latin poet from present-day Spain, best known for his twelve books of Epigrams ...
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  • that cut a person off from God's grace. In Latin and English, the Seven Deadly Sins are: superbia (pride), avaritia (greed), luxuria (extravagance ...
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  • anthems set to English words, although Latin continued to be used. Following ... anthems, although the practice of setting Latin texts continued, growing ...
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  • in his orchard. After attending the Roxbury Latin School, he studied medicine ... and the other on the grounds of the Roxbury Latin School; the third is in the ...
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  • Aristotle in the twelfth century, through Latin translations of the Arabic ... During the thirteenth century, Latin translations of the works of ...
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  • Adelard of Bath (Latin: Adelardus Bathensis) (1116? - 1142?) was a twelfth century English scholar, best known for translating many important ...
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  • author to write theological works in Latin. Before Victor's time ... ===Promoter of Latin=== Jerome calls Pope Victor the first Latin writer ...
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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 ...
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  • typeset) and both in (modern scientific) Latin. For example, the lion is ... are popularly known as the "Latin name" of the species ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • Modus Ponens (Latin: mode that affirms; often abbreviated as MP) is ... Modus Tollens (Latin for "mode that denies" abbreviated ...
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