Classical Latin is the form of Literary Latin recognized as a literary standard by writers of the late Roman Republic and early Roman Empire. It formed...

alphabets based on the Latin script, which is the basic set of letters common to the various alphabets descended from the classical Latin alphabet, such as...

Latin (lingua Latina or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by...

defined version of Latin was used between the eras of Classical Latin and Medieval Latin. Scholars do not agree exactly when Classical Latin should end or...

earlier classical models, and Latin continued to be the language of scholarship and culture, despite the increasing difference between literary Latin and...

literature, law, and administration. Medieval Latin represented a continuation of Classical Latin and Late Latin, with enhancements for new concepts as well...

Old Latin, also known as Early, Archaic or Priscan Latin (Classical Latin: prīsca Latīnitās, lit. 'ancient Latinity'), was the Latin language in the period...

through examination of written Classical Latin, Late Latin, or early Romance, depending on the time period. During the Classical period, Roman authors referred...

European classical studies, the "classical languages" refer to Greek and Latin, which were the literary languages of the Mediterranean world in classical antiquity...

Latin phonology is the system of sounds used in various kinds of Latin. This article largely deals with what features can be deduced for Classical Latin...

entered the native Latin is not known for certain. Surviving Roman-era Latin literature consists almost entirely of Classical Latin pieces usually chosen...

The Latin script, also known as the Roman script, is a writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the...

in the context of classical scholarship. Some classical periodicals, like the German Hermes, to this day accept articles in Latin for publication; Mnemosyne...

movement. Through comparison with Latin of the Classical period, scholars from Petrarch onwards promoted a standard of Latin closer to that of the ancient...

poor taste, undignified). Documented obscenities occurred rarely in classical Latin literature, limited to certain types of writing such as epigrams, but...

Vulgar Latin and Classical Latin (as well as Greek and Hebrew) re-purposed with Christian meaning. It is less stylized and rigid in form than Classical Latin...

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Latin alphabet and the 23-letter classical Latin alphabet belong to the oldest of this group. The 26-letter modern Latin alphabet is the newest of this...

humanism movement. This style of Latin is regarded as the first phase of the standardised and grammatically "Classical" Neo-Latin which continued through the...

first stage play in Latin was performed in Rome. Latin literature flourished for the next six centuries. The classical era of Latin literature can be roughly...

Classical antiquity, also known as the classical era, classical period, classical age, or simply antiquity, is the period of cultural European history...

since oe was rare in Classical Latin (most original instances had become Classical ū, as in Old Latin oinos "one" > Classical ūnus) and so oe was mostly...

letters differ only slightly from their classical counterparts, and there are few regional variants. The Latin alphabet started out as uppercase serifed...

Latin phrases. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases. This list is a combination of the twenty page-by-page "List of Latin...

use the reconstructed pronunciation guide for Classical Latin when speaking Botanical Latin words. Latin names pronounced by gardeners and English botanists...

act as affixes or stems) derived from classical languages (classical Latin or ancient Greek) roots. Neo-Latin comprises many such words and is a substantial...

Look up classical or classically in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Classical may refer to: Classical antiquity, a period of history from roughly the...

distinct accusative plural in -īs can be used in Classical Latin for some i-stem nouns). Old Latin had essentially two patterns of endings. One pattern...

An approximate summary of the sound changes from Classical Latin to Proto-Romance is provided below. Their precise order is uncertain. /h/ is lost without...

As Classical Latin developed into Proto-Romance, its lexicon underwent numerous changes. Irregular nouns and verbs tended to be either regularized or...