Latinists
Ancient Rome linguists
Latinists are scholars who specialize in the Latin language and its literature.
The term applies to experts in classical Latin texts, medieval Latin documents, or the broader tradition of Latin scholarship.
A Latinist might translate ancient Roman poetry, study ecclesiastical writings, or analyze how Latin influenced modern languages: The Latinists debated the proper translation of Cicero's letters.
Italy's capital city
- forumGathering place for discourse
- senateLegislative governing body
- consulDiplomat in foreign city
- republicState with elected leaders
empire · legionary · toga · patrician · plebeian · Colosseum · aqueduct · Pompeii
Works of lasting value
- philologyStudy of historical texts
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
- codexAncient bound manuscript
- paleographyStudy of ancient handwriting
epigraphy · commentary · annotation · translation · critical edition · apparatus · emendation · collation
Ancient Rome's greatest speaker
- VirgilClassical epic poet
- HoraceMale name from antiquity
- OvidAncient Roman poet
- SenecaStoic moralist of Rome
Lucretius · Tacitus · Livy · Terence · Pliny · Martial · Augustine · Jerome
Language's structural rules
- declensionNoun form variation
- conjugationVerb form variation system
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
vocabulary · inflection · case · ablative · dative · genitive · accusative · subjunctive
Rome
Italy's capital city
republic · empire · legionary · toga · patrician · plebeian · Colosseum · aqueduct · Pompeii · triumph
classics
Works of lasting value
- philologyStudy of historical texts
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
- codexAncient bound manuscript
paleography · epigraphy · commentary · annotation · translation · critical edition · apparatus · emendation · collation · monograph
Cicero
Ancient Rome's greatest speaker
Seneca · Lucretius · Tacitus · Livy · Terence · Pliny · Martial · Augustine · Jerome · Erasmus
grammar
Language's structural rules
- declensionNoun form variation
- conjugationVerb form variation system
- syntaxRules for arranging words
morphology · vocabulary · inflection · case · ablative · dative · genitive · accusative · subjunctive · gerund