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 ...11 KB (1,534 words) - 20:14, 29 March 2024
- 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 ...9 KB (1,365 words) - 21:15, 4 October 2022
- was a linguistic prodigy, learning Greek, Latin, Persian, Arabic, and the ... certain resemblance to classical Greek and Latin. In The Sanscrit Language ...9 KB (1,304 words) - 11:08, 10 May 2023
- the translation of the Old Persian language. Grotefend succeeded in ... He continued his career mostly working on Latin and Italian language ...9 KB (1,297 words) - 06:55, 18 April 2024
- The original version is in rhyming Latin verse, and contains a series ... in illuminated manuscript form, and in Latin. Many copies were made, and ...10 KB (1,439 words) - 19:13, 7 February 2023
- for the humanist desire to reform language and education. His extensive ... and endangered his life several times. His Latin scholarship eventually gained ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 02:43, 4 November 2022
- Saint John Cassian (ca. 360 – 433 C.E.) (Latin: Jo(h)annes Eremita ... Chrysostom ran into theological trouble, Latin-speaking Cassian was sent ...9 KB (1,360 words) - 19:50, 22 December 2022
- that have survived—in Arabic and Latin—both relied on texts that ... There has even been disagreement about what language Tatian used for ...13 KB (1,861 words) - 11:57, 29 January 2024
- Marsilio Ficino (also known by his Latin name, Marsilius Ficinus) ... at Florence University, where he mastered Latin and literature, and continued ...12 KB (1,803 words) - 16:15, 6 November 2022
- from poor families and instructed them in Latin and Greek, wrote psalms and ... of the "Greek" (Orthodox) and Latin churches. ...11 KB (1,769 words) - 14:51, 15 December 2022
- 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 ...13 KB (1,956 words) - 06:00, 15 June 2023
- 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 ...11 KB (1,732 words) - 18:28, 21 August 2023
- but also Classical Nahuatl (in the Latin alphabet), Spanish, and occasionally ... The Codex was originally solely pictorial in nature. Nahuatl language ...11 KB (1,730 words) - 05:19, 26 August 2023
- Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition [http://dictionary ... *humanities education (specializing in Classical languages, such as ...14 KB (2,013 words) - 07:46, 10 January 2024
- author to write theological works in Latin. Before Victor's time ... Jerome calls Pope Victor the first Latin writer in the Church (Chronicon ...14 KB (2,181 words) - 04:06, 26 November 2022
- In mathematics, proofs are often expressed in natural language with ... Although proofs can be written completely in a formal language, for ...9 KB (1,489 words) - 23:56, 1 December 2022
- 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
- Aristotle in the twelfth century, through Latin translations of the Arabic ... During the thirteenth century, Latin translations of the works of ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 07:15, 23 August 2023
- Salsa music is a diverse musical genre that is popular across Latin ... The word salsa means sauce in the Spanish language and carries connotations ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 01:54, 23 December 2022
- 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
- Wulfila (Gothic: "Little wolf" or Latin: Ulfilas/Ulphilas ... the Bible from Greek into the Gothic language after devising the first ...12 KB (1,877 words) - 14:10, 20 May 2023
- The Hail Mary or Ave Maria (Latin) is a traditional Christian prayer ... This was a normal greeting in the Greek language in which Luke's Gospel ...12 KB (1,964 words) - 16:45, 21 January 2024
- music, sings in a variety of languages, including Latin and her native Irish, in many of her works. Medwyn Goodall, who is becoming more widely known ...8 KB (1,225 words) - 16:29, 11 November 2022
- ball, which in turn originates from the Latin word ballare which means ... were instructed to not use coarse language and to lay aside their swords ...17 KB (2,435 words) - 05:57, 26 August 2023
- he extensively researched American Sign Language (ASL). to that of a complex and thriving natural language in its own right, with an ...13 KB (1,991 words) - 10:52, 12 May 2023
- 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
- end to the tradition of teaching reading in Latin, using the vernacular language ... ones, were taught almost entirely in Latin. In making the vernacular ...12 KB (1,857 words) - 19:49, 22 December 2022
- that its early chapters—found only in Latin manuscripts but in not Greek ... and numbering of this book. Some early Latin manuscripts call it "3 ...13 KB (2,222 words) - 06:43, 13 June 2023
- and transcription) for the Mandarin language used in Beijing. It developed ... are still used interchangeably in English-language texts in both countries. ...13 KB (1,871 words) - 22:05, 3 May 2023
- The name malachite derives (via Latin and French) from the Greek word molochitis, meaning "mallow-green stone." That, in turn, may ...5 KB (681 words) - 06:33, 5 November 2022
