Search results for "Latin language" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • INRI is an acronym of the Latin phrase IESVS·NAZARENVS·REX·IVDÆORVM ... ). During Jesus' crucifixion, a Titulus Crucis (Latin for "Title ...
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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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  • was a linguistic prodigy, learning Greek, Latin, Persian, Arabic, and the ... certain resemblance to classical Greek and Latin. In The Sanscrit Language ...
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  • 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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  • the translation of the Old Persian language. Grotefend succeeded in ... He continued his career mostly working on Latin and Italian language ...
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  • for the humanist desire to reform language and education. His extensive ... and endangered his life several times. His Latin scholarship eventually gained ...
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  • Saint John Cassian (ca. 360 – 433 C.E.) (Latin: Jo(h)annes Eremita ... Chrysostom ran into theological trouble, Latin-speaking Cassian was sent ...
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  • that have survived—in Arabic and Latin—both relied on texts that ... There has even been disagreement about what language Tatian used for ...
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  • Marsilio Ficino (also known by his Latin name, Marsilius Ficinus) ... at Florence University, where he mastered Latin and literature, and continued ...
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  • from poor families and instructed them in Latin and Greek, wrote psalms and ... of the "Greek" (Orthodox) and Latin churches. ...
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  • as different. It derives from the Latin words ad and iacere (Latin ... semantic function. For example, such a language might have a verb that means ...
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  • the basis for a common chemical "language" essential in this ... on a sort of international English language. That organization has recently ...
    10 KB (1,624 words) - 14:39, 5 December 2023
  • The Augsburg Confession (known in Latin as Confessio Augustana), is ... invitation was couched in very peaceful language, it was received with suspicion ...
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  • but also Classical Nahuatl (in the Latin alphabet), Spanish, and occasionally ... The Codex was originally solely pictorial in nature. Nahuatl language ...
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  • Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition [http://dictionary ... *humanities education (specializing in Classical languages, such as ...
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  • author to write theological works in Latin. Before Victor's time ... Jerome calls Pope Victor the first Latin writer in the Church (Chronicon ...
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  • an exception to this pattern. The French language did not make use of the ... that may be required by a specific language English braille codes the ...
    14 KB (2,290 words) - 22:35, 20 November 2023
  • In mathematics, proofs are often expressed in natural language with ... Although proofs can be written completely in a formal language, for ...
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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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  • Salsa music is a diverse musical genre that is popular across Latin ... The word salsa means sauce in the Spanish language and carries connotations ...
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