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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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Language Structure.
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.
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
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.
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
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.MED
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Hiberno-Latin, medieval Latin, Old Latin, Contemporary Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin, Neo-Latin, macaronic Latin, Late Latin, Law Latin, Vulgar Latin, renaissance Latin, botanical latin
What it is Filled
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.
Why it exists Filled
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.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Ancestor of Romance languages
- Highly inflected
- Many historical stages
- Terminology source
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Invent Latin quotations or attribute phrases to classical authors without a source.
- Mistranslate legal, religious or medical Latin in ways that change its meaning.
- Present a translation of a liturgical text as approved by a church when it is not.
Only with a human decision
- Supplying Latin text for inscriptions, mottos or tattoos that a person will make permanent.
May
- Translate and explain Latin texts, stating the period and edition used.
- Help learners with grammar, vocabulary and scansion.
Moral aspects Filled
- Latin texts are sacred to religious communities and central to legal traditions.
- False classical quotations spread easily and distort history.
Who is affected
- Students and scholars
- Religious communities using Latin
- People commissioning inscriptions
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the language; it is held in common by scholarship and the communities that use it.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q33478 - registry parent class
- Q85380120 - registry parent class
related
- Latino-Faliscan - category
- Portuguese - Romance language
- Indo-European - language family
- sources of law - legal terminology
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.latin
- Wikidata: Q397 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q397)
- ISO 639-1: la language code
- ISO 639-3: lat language code
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Inflected grammar with cases
- Classical texts and inscriptions
- Italian is a descendant, not Latin
- Not physical; a language in inscriptions, texts and terms.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain grammar and stages of Latin
- support translation and reading
- explain Latin terms in science, law and medicine
- describe history and continuing use
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Mistranslation in mottos and tattoos
- Confusing stages and pronunciations
- Misattributed quotations
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Vatican Latin usage and the Latinitas foundation
- Scientific nomenclature codes using Latin
- School curricula for Latin
Context of use required Filled
- Classical scholarship, terminology and education.
- Old and Classical Latin
- Vulgar Latin
- Medieval and Ecclesiastical Latin
- Neo-Latin and Contemporary Latin
- regional forms such as Hiberno-Latin
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q397: Latin - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Latin - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each stage be a separate entry?
- How should dictionaries and corpora be linked?
- How should pronunciation conventions be recorded?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q397/spec.json