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Encyclopedia - Veronese Riddle: Encyclopedia Ii - Veronese Riddle - Text Analysis And Comments
Many more European documents seem to confirm that the distinctive traits of Romance languages occurred all around the same time (e.g. Fra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anima Mundi: Encyclopedia - Anima Mundi
Anima Mundi, translated as "the soul of the world" from Latin language, may refer to one of the following. Anima mundi, a philosophical ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virgilius Maro Grammaticus: Encyclopedia - Virgilius Maro Grammaticus
Virgilius Maro Grammaticus (Virgil the Grammarian) is one of the most puzzling medieval writers. He most probably lived in Ireland around...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Renaissance: Encyclopedia - Renaissance
The Renaissance, also known as "Il Rinascimento" (in Italian), was an influential cultural movement which brought about a period of scien...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Word Order In Latin: Encyclopedia - Word Order In Latin
Latin differs from languages like English in that it uses many noun cases which are declined in such a way that they are nearly all diffe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vulgar Latin: Encyclopedia - Vulgar Latin
Vulgar Latin (in Latin, sermo vulgaris) is a blanket term covering the vernacular dialects of the Latin language spoken mostly in the wes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Universal Language: Encyclopedia - Universal Language
The idea of a universal language is at least as old as the Biblical story of Babel. Babel's fall has the mythical point that there was on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Compound Linguistics: Encyclopedia - Compound Linguistics
A compound is a word (lexeme) that consists of more than one free morpheme. A certain type of compound (endocentric) consists of a head, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Ancient Rome-related Topics: Encyclopedia - List Of Ancient Rome-related Topics
This is a List of Ancient Rome-related topics, that aims to include aspects of both the Ancient Roman Republic and Roman Empire. For an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conjugation: Encyclopedia - Conjugation
The word conjugation has several meanings: Grammatical conjugation is the modification of a verb from its basic form. In the Latin lang...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andrea Mantegna: Encyclopedia - Andrea Mantegna
Andrea Mantegna (c. 1431, near Vicenza, Italy – September 13, 1506, Mantua) was an Italian Renaissance artist from Florence, whose work...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Veronese Riddle: Encyclopedia Ii - Veronese Riddle - Text
The original lines are: Se pareba boves alba pratalia araba albo versorio teneba negro semen seminaba which translate more or less like...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Umbracullum: Encyclopedia - Umbracullum
The umbracullum is a historic piece of the papal regalia and insignia, once used on a daily basis to provide shade for the pope. In moder...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Companion: Encyclopedia - Companion
Companion, in its most common meaning, refers to a close friend or associate. The word originates in the Latin language, meaning "one who...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ablative Absolute: Encyclopedia - Ablative Absolute
In Latin grammar, the ablative absolute (Ablativus absolutus) is a noun phrase cast in the ablative case. It indicates the time, conditio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 17 Number: Encyclopedia - 17 Number
17 (seventeen) is the natural number following 16 and preceding 18. << 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 >> List of numbers -- In...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Veronese Riddle: Encyclopedia Ii - Veronese Riddle - Explanation And Origins Of The Indovinello
The lines of this riddle tell us of a somebody with a "pair of cows" (boves) who used to plow "white fields" (alba pratalia) with a "whit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtiberian Language: Encyclopedia - Celtiberian Language
Celtic Continental Celtic Celtiberian Celtiberian (also Hispano-Celtic) is an extinct Celtic language spoken by the Celtiberians in north...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quadriga: Encyclopedia - Quadriga
A quadriga (from the Latin language quadri-, four, and jungere, to yoke) is a four-horse chariot, raced in the Olympic Games and other sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Classical Latin: Encyclopedia - Classical Latin
Classical Latin is the form of the Latin language used by the ancient Romans in what is usually regarded as "classical" Latin literature....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Basilica Di Santa Maria Maggiore: Encyclopedia - Basilica Di Santa Maria Maggiore
The Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore — also known as the Basilica di Santa Maria della Neve and Basilica Liberiana in the Italian langu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bessarabia: Encyclopedia - Bessarabia
Bessarabia or Bessarabiya (Basarabia in Romanian, Besarabya in Turkish) was the name by which the Imperial Russia designated the eastern ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulysses: Encyclopedia - Ulysses
Ulysses can refer to: The name Odysseus in the Latin language, used in Roman culture Ulysses - Literature and media. Ulysses, James ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin Conjugation: Encyclopedia Ii - Latin Conjugation - Conjugation Tables
For the most part, the four principal parts of a verb are sufficient information to form all other conjugations of the verb. The tables b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Old Church Slavonic: Encyclopedia Ii - Old Church Slavonic - Basis And Local Influences
Old Church Slavonic is evidenced by a relatively small body of manuscripts, written for the most part, in the late 10th and the early 11t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Terrorism - Etymology
Main article: Definition of terrorism Although the term is often used imprecisely, there have been many attempts by various law enforceme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Loanword: Encyclopedia Ii - Loanword - Loanwords In English
English has many loanwords. In 1973, a computerised survey of about 80,000 words in the old Shorter Oxford Dictionary (3rd edition) was p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medieval Greek: Encyclopedia Ii - Medieval Greek - Vocabulary
Due to the long-term diglossy between Latin and Greek, Medieval Greek borrowed various linguistic elements from the Latin language, part ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin Spelling And Pronunciation: Encyclopedia Ii - Latin Spelling And Pronunciation - Latin Pronunciation Today
Latin spelling and pronunciation - Pronouncing a dead language. Being a "dead" language, when Latin words are spoken in a "living" lang...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Normandy: Encyclopedia Ii - Normandy - Culture
Normandy - Languages. The Norman language, a regional language, is spoken by a minority of the population, especially in the Cotentin p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin Declension: Encyclopedia Ii - Latin Declension - Noun Declensions
There are five declensions of nouns in Latin. Latin declension - First declension a. Nouns of this declension usually end in –a and a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gallurese: Encyclopedia Ii - Gallurese - Gallurese And Its Corsican Heritage
It is deeply controversial, and in fact discussed, whether Gallurese should be included in the Corsican language, as a minor form or a di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin Grammar: Encyclopedia Ii - Latin Grammar - Verbs
There are four conjugations in Latin. A verb either falls into one of these conjugations or is considered irregular. In Latin, a verb is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Terrorism - Etymology
Although the term is often used imprecisely, there have been many attempts by various law enforcement agencies and public organizations t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lombards: Encyclopedia Ii - Lombards - History
Lombards - Origins and conquest of Italy. Their own traditions (preserved in the Origo Gentis Langobardorum) describe how they were for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Renaissance: Encyclopedia Ii - Renaissance - Historiography
The term Rebirth (Rinascita), to indicate the flourishing of artistic and scientific activities starting in Italy in the mid-1300's, was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin Alphabet: Encyclopedia Ii - Latin Alphabet - Extensions
In the course of its history, the Latin alphabet was adapted for use for new languages, some of which had phonemes which were not used in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Basilica Di Santa Maria Maggiore: Encyclopedia Ii - Basilica Di Santa Maria Maggiore - Patriarchal Basilica
A patriarchal basilica, Santa Maria Maggiore is often personally used by the pope. Most notably, the pope presides over the annual Feast ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tuscan Dialect: Encyclopedia Ii - Tuscan Dialect - Dialectal Features
The Tuscan dialect has homogenous features inside itself but all subdialects have some small differences among themselves. Tuscan dialec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nations Of Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Nations Of Bosnia And Herzegovina - Transformation Of Ethnicity To Religion Its Cause And Course
Originally, the Islamic Ottoman Empire didn't have a concept of private ownership of land. Rights to till the land (tapija) were given to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Ancient Rome-related Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Ancient Rome-related Topics - History
List of Ancient Rome-related topics - Regional History. Roman Britain Roman invasion of Britain History of Greek and Roman Egypt Ro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andrea Mantegna: Encyclopedia Ii - Andrea Mantegna - Biography
Mantegna was born in Isola di Cartura, near Vicenza in the Republic of Venice, second son of a poor woodcutter, Biagio. At the age of ten...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Universal Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Universal Language - Seventeenth Century
Recognisable strands in the contemporary ideas on universal languages took form only in Early Modern Europe. A lingua franca or trade lan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bessarabia: Encyclopedia Ii - Bessarabia - History
The name Bessarabia (Basarabia in Romanian) probably derives from the Wallachian family of Basarab, who once ruled over the southern part...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lombards: Encyclopedia Ii - Lombards - History
Lombards - Origins and conquest of Italy. Their own traditions (preserved in the Origo Gentis Langobardorum) describe how they were for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vulgar Latin: Encyclopedia Ii - Vulgar Latin - Grammar
Vulgar Latin - The loss of the noun case system. The sound changes that were occurring in Vulgar Latin made the noun case system of Cla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johann Hartwig Ernst Count Von Bernstorff: Encyclopedia Ii - Johann Hartwig Ernst Count Von Bernstorff - Prelude
Ever since the conclusion of the Great Northern War, Danish statesmen had been occupied in harvesting its fruits, namely, the Gottorp por...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Latin Poetry - Examples Of Different Meters
Latin poetry - Guide to symbols used. - indicates a heavy syllable u indiacates a light syllable ^ indicates a syllable anceps, which ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Galicia Cantabria And Asturias: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Galicia Cantabria And Asturias - Traditional Instruments
Traditional instruments in Galicia include the well-known Gaita, a kind of bagpipe, as well as an array of percussion and wind instrument...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Classical Latin: Encyclopedia Ii - Classical Latin - Golden Age Latin
The "Golden Age" of Latin, Latinitas aurea in Latin, is a period consisting roughly of the time from 75 BC to AD 14, spanning the end of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Compound Linguistics: Encyclopedia Ii - Compound Linguistics - Compound Types In Different Languages
Compound linguistics - Compound nouns. Most natural languages have compound nouns and sometimes compound adjectives. The position of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 17 Number: Encyclopedia Ii - 17 Number - In Mathematics
Seventeen is the 7th prime number. The next prime is nineteen, with which it comprises a twin prime. 17 is the sum of the first four prim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Terrorism - Claims Of Responsibility
Actions defined as terrorism are sometimes followed by statements from the perpetrators. They often issue additional information, and may...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Latin Poetry - Special Features Of Classical Latin Poetry
Latin poetry - Heavy and light syllables. Classical Latin poetry differs from English poetry in that Latin meter is based upon vowel le...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lombards: Encyclopedia Ii - Lombards - Historic Kings Of The Lombards
Lombards - Lething Dynasty. Tato (???) Lombards - Another Dynasty. Wacho (died 539) Waltari (539 - 546) Lombards - Gausian Dynas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lombards: Encyclopedia Ii - Lombards - Historic Kings Of The Lombards
Lombards - Lething Dynasty. Tato (???) Lombards - Another Dynasty. Wacho (died 539) Waltari (539 - 546) Lombards - Gausian Dynas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lombards: Encyclopedia Ii - Lombards - Sources
Much of our knowledge of the mythological and semi-mythological early history of the Lombard people comes from Paul the Deacon's History ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johann Hartwig Ernst Count Von Bernstorff: Encyclopedia Ii - Johann Hartwig Ernst Count Von Bernstorff - The Seven Years' War
The first difficult problem he had to face was the Seven Years' War. He was determined to preserve the neutrality of Denmark at any cost,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vulgar Latin: Encyclopedia Ii - Vulgar Latin - What Was Vulgar Latin?
The name "vulgar" simply means "common": it derives from the Latin word uulgaris, meaning "common", or "of the people". "Vulgar Latin" to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vulgar Latin: Encyclopedia Ii - Vulgar Latin - Vocabulary
Certain words from Classical Latin were dropped from the vocabulary. Classical equus, "horse", was consistently replaced by caballus, "na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tuscan Dialect: Encyclopedia Ii - Tuscan Dialect - Subdialects
The Tuscan dialect is an ensemble with many lesser local dialects, with small differences among them. The main subdivision is between Nor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin Alphabet: Encyclopedia Ii - Latin Alphabet - Overview
The default Latin alphabet is the Roman, supplemented with J, W, Z, U, and lower-case variants: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nations Of Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Nations Of Bosnia And Herzegovina - Brief History Of Religions In Bosnia And Herzegovina
South Slavs were christianized in 9th century. Until the Ottoman conqueror of Bosnia, we have evidence of three Christian denominations i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nations Of Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Nations Of Bosnia And Herzegovina - Ethnic Background Of Bosnia And Herzegovina
During the Bronze Age, Bosnia was inhabited by a group of tribes we usually call Illyrians or Illyres. They were finally conquered by Rom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Terrorism - History
Although there are earlier related examples, terrorism in the modern sense seems to have emerged around the mid 19th-century. In the 1st ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Terrorism - Responses To Terrorism
Responses to terrorism are broad in scope. They can include re-alignments of the political spectrum and reassessments of fundamental valu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Terrorism - Tactics
Terrorists often seek to demoralize and paralyze their enemy with fear, using their acts as a form of blackmail to apply pressure on gove...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Terrorism - Perpetrators
Acts of terrorism can be carried out by individuals or groups. According to some definitions, clandestine or semi-clandestine state actor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Terrorism - Claims Of Responsibility
Actions defined as terrorism are sometimes followed by statements from the perpetrators. They often issue additional information, and may...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Terrorism - Causes
Theories on the causes of terrorism include: sociological explanations, which focus on the position of the perpetrators in society confl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Terrorism - Responses To Terrorism
Responses to terrorism are broad in scope. They can include re-alignments of the political spectrum and reassessments of fundamental valu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Terrorism - History
Although there are earlier related examples, terrorism in the modern sense seems to have emerged around the mid 19th-century. In the 1st ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Terrorism - Tactics
Terrorism - Attack tactics. Terrorists often seek terror to demoralize and paralyze their enemy with fear, using their acts as a form o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Terrorism - Perpetrators
Acts of terrorism can be carried out by individuals or groups. According to some definitions, clandestine or semi-clandestine state actor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Terrorism - Causes
Theories on the causes of terrorism include: sociological explanations, which focus on the position of the perpetrators in society confl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Renaissance: Encyclopedia Ii - Renaissance - Italian Renaissance
The Italian Renaissance was intertwined with the intellectual movement known as Renaissance humanism and with the fiercely independent an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Normandy: Encyclopedia Ii - Normandy - Geography
The region is bordered along the northern coasts by the English Channel. There are granite cliffs in the west and limestone cliffs in the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vulgar Latin: Encyclopedia Ii - Vulgar Latin - Phonology
Vulgar Latin - Vowels. One profound change that affected every Romance language reordered the vowel system of classical Latin. Latin ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vulgar Latin: Encyclopedia Ii - Vulgar Latin - What Was Vulgar Latin?
The name "vulgar" simply means "common": it derives from the Latin word vulgaris, meaning "common", or "of the people". "Vulgar Latin" to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lombards: Encyclopedia Ii - Lombards - Historic Kings Of The Lombards
Lombards - Lething Dynasty. Tato (???) Lombards - Another Dynasty. Wacho (died 539) Waltari (539 - 546) Lombards - Gausian Dynas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lombards: Encyclopedia Ii - Lombards - Sources
Much of our knowledge of the mythological and semi-mythological early history of the Lombard people comes from Paul the Deacon's History ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vulgar Latin: Encyclopedia Ii - Vulgar Latin - Vocabulary
Certain words from Classical Latin were dropped from the vocabulary. Classical equus, "horse", was consistently replaced by caballus, "na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin Alphabet: Encyclopedia Ii - Latin Alphabet - Overview
The default Latin alphabet is the Roman, supplemented with J, W, Z, K, and lower-case variants: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin Conjugation: Encyclopedia Ii - Latin Conjugation - Deponent And Semi-deponent Verbs
Deponent verbs are verbs that are passive in form (that is, conjugated as though in the passive voice) but active in meaning. These verbs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin Alphabet: Encyclopedia Ii - Latin Alphabet - Collating Sequence With Extensions
Alphabets derived from the Latin have varying collating rules: In Breton, there is no "c" but there are the ligatures "ch" and "c'h", wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin Alphabet: Encyclopedia Ii - Latin Alphabet - Evolution
It is generally held that the Latins adopted the western variant of the Greek alphabet in the 7th century BC from Cumae, a Greek colony i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Galicia Cantabria And Asturias: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Galicia Cantabria And Asturias - Songs
The oldest and best-known form of Galician music is the alalás, a form of chanting that has been associated with Galician nationalism. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Galicia Cantabria And Asturias: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Galicia Cantabria And Asturias - Revival
The Galician folk revival drew on early 20th century performers like Perfecto Feijoo, a gateiro and hurdy-gurdy player. The first commerc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Renaissance: Encyclopedia Ii - Renaissance - Northern Renaissance
The Renaissance spread north out of Italy being adapted and modified as it moved. It first arrived in France, imported by King Charles VI...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Renaissance: Encyclopedia Ii - Renaissance - Italian Renaissance
The Italian Renaissance was intertwined with the intellectual movement known as Renaissance humanism and with the fiercely independent an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Renaissance: Encyclopedia Ii - Renaissance - Start Of The Renaissance
The Renaissance has no set starting point or place. It happened gradually at different places at different times and there are no defined...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andrea Mantegna: Encyclopedia Ii - Andrea Mantegna - Work In Mantua
The Marquis Ludovico Gonzaga of Mantua had for some time been pressing Mantegna to enter his service; and the following year, 1460 Manteg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andrea Mantegna: Encyclopedia Ii - Andrea Mantegna - Assessment And Legacy
Giorgio Vasari eulogizes Mantegna, although pointing out his somehow litigious character. He had been fond with his fellow-pupils at Padu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Galicia Cantabria And Asturias: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Galicia Cantabria And Asturias - History
In recent times, however, many Galician folk musicians have considered Galician music to be at least partially “Celtic” in origin, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Compound Linguistics: Encyclopedia Ii - Compound Linguistics - Formation Of Compounds
Compound formation rules vary widely across language types. In a perfectly analytic language, compounds are simply elements strung togeth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bessarabia: Encyclopedia Ii - Bessarabia - Geography
Bessarabia was in the Russian Empire administrative system a region of Central Europe comprising most of current-day Moldova and addition...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin Conjugation: Encyclopedia Ii - Latin Conjugation - Principal Parts For The Active Voice
The first conjugation is characterized by the vowel a and can be recognized by the -āre ending of the present infinitive. The principal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin Conjugation: Encyclopedia Ii - Latin Conjugation - Conjugation Radicals
The present infinitive radical is derived by dropping the -are, -ere, or -ire from the present infinitive. The perfect indicative radical...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Normandy: Encyclopedia Ii - Normandy - History
Normandy was the home of the Normans in the early Middle Ages, the last people to successfully invade England. The Normans were a mixture...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Normandy: Encyclopedia Ii - Normandy - Population
Normandy has 3.2 million inhabitants, with an average population density of 107 per square kilometre, just under the French national aver...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Loanword: Encyclopedia Ii - Loanword - Classes Of Borrowed Words
Certain classes of loanwords are more common; function words, such as pronouns, numbers, words referring to universal concepts, are usual...   » Read the article