autwine: Lydia: “I know archaic Latin.”Allison: “You know archaic Latin?
autwine: Lydia: “I know archaic Latin.”Allison: “You know archaic Latin?”Lydia: “I got bored with classical Latin.”Allison: “Just how smart are you?”Optime!Old LatinOld Latin (also called Early Latin or Archaic Latin) refers to the Latin language in the period before the age of Classical Latin; that is, all Latin before 75 BC.[1] The term prisca Latinitas distinguishes it in New Latin and Contemporary Latin from vetus Latina, in which “old” has another meaning.The use of “old”, “early” and “archaic” has been standard in publications of the corpus of Old Latin writings since at least the 18th century. The definition is not arbitrary but these terms refer to writings with spelling conventions and word forms not generally found in works written under the Roman Empire. This article presents some of the major differences. -- source link
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