Latin
Let an agent explain Latin and its stages, support learning, reading and translation, explain its role in scientific and legal terminology, and give sourced information on its history and continuing use.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain Latin and its stages, support learning, reading and translation, explain its role in scientific and legal terminology, and give sourced information on its history and continuing use.
The classical language of ancient Rome and the Latin-speaking world, ancestor of the Romance languages, used through medieval and early modern Europe as the language of scholarship, law and the Church, with stages such as Old, Classical, Vulgar, Medieval, Ecclesiastical and Neo-Latin; Latin remains in use in the Catholic Church, science nomenclature, law and education.
What it is for: Classical scholarship, terminology and education.
It can be explain grammar and stages of Latin; support translation and reading; explain Latin terms in science, law and medicine; describe history and continuing use.
Distinguishing features
Ancestor of Romance languages
Highly inflected
Many historical stages
Terminology source
What it looks like
Not physical; a language in inscriptions, texts and terms.
How it is recognised
Inflected grammar with cases
Classical texts and inscriptions
Italian is a descendant, not Latin
Related models
is a kind of - category
is the ancestor of - Romance language
is related to - language family
is used in - legal terminology
In practice
Families and kinds
Old and Classical Latin
Vulgar Latin
Medieval and Ecclesiastical Latin
Neo-Latin and Contemporary Latin
regional forms such as Hiberno-Latin
Identifiers
ISO 639-1 la language code
ISO 639-3 lat language code
Standards and regulation
Vatican Latin usage and the Latinitas foundation
Scientific nomenclature codes using Latin
School curricula for Latin
Failure modes and hazards
Mistranslation in mottos and tattoos
Confusing stages and pronunciations
Misattributed quotations
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Language Structure.
Cases and conjugations.
Grammar
Key features.
Grammar
Grammar.
- How does this Latin grammar point work, such as a case use or verb form? definition
- Which stage of Latin does the text belong to? provenance
Pronunciation
Pronunciation conventions.
Pronunciation
Pronunciation.
- How is Latin pronounced in classical, ecclesiastical and traditional national conventions? provenance
- Which convention suits the context? boundary
Translate Reading and translating.
Accuracy matters.
Text
Translating text.
Text
Translation.
- How should this Latin passage be translated, with attention to grammar and context? action
- Are there scholarly translations to compare? provenance
Mottos
Mottos and phrases.
Mottos
Mottos.
- Is this Latin phrase or motto correct and idiomatic? boundary
- Is the attributed quotation genuine? provenance
Terms Latin in terminology.
Science, law and medicine.
Science
Nomenclature.
Science
Nomenclature.
- What does this Latin scientific or medical term mean, and how is it formed? definition
- Which nomenclature code governs it? provenance
Law
Legal Latin.
Law
Legal Latin.
- What does this legal Latin term mean in this legal system? provenance
- Is plain language preferred today? provenance
History Latin through time.
A living heritage.
Stages
Historical stages.
Stages
Stages.
- How did Latin change from Old Latin to Neo-Latin, and how did Romance languages emerge? provenance
- Which texts mark each stage? provenance
Today
Contemporary use.
Today
Contemporary use.
- Where is Latin used today, in the Church, education and living Latin communities? provenance
- Which resources support learners? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each stage be a separate entry?
- How should dictionaries and corpora be linked?
- How should pronunciation conventions be recorded?