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Sardinian is often said to be the closest living relative to the vulgar form of this language |
Latin
|
$400 |
DJ |
WORLD LANGUAGES |
2025-11-24 |
#9441 |
|
Ofthe "Aeneid" |
Latin
|
$400 |
J |
THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE |
2024-04-17 |
#9083 |
|
Ovid's "Metamorphoses" |
Latin
|
$600 |
J |
THE WORK'S ORIGINAL LANGUAGE |
2020-10-09 |
#8255 |
|
A November 2012 apostolic letter called for greater awareness & use of this language in the Vatican |
Latin
|
$200 |
J |
LANGUAGES OF EUROPE |
2017-06-22 |
#7559 |
|
"The Gallic Wars" |
Latin
|
$400 |
J |
THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE |
2017-03-30 |
#7499 |
|
Pax |
Latin
|
$600 |
J |
THE LANGUAGE OF PEACE |
2011-05-18 |
#6153 |
|
Veni, vidi, vici |
Latin
|
$1,000 |
J |
NAME THAT LANGUAGE |
2009-12-17 |
#5814 |
|
Most languages of Western Europe get their words for "read" & "write" from this language's legere & scribere |
Latin
|
$400 |
DJ |
LANGUAGE LAB |
2007-07-19 |
#5279 |
|
Petronius wrote his "Satyricon" in the vulgar form of this language |
Latin
|
$400 |
J |
LANGUAGES |
2000-07-10 |
#3666 |
|
Plautus wrote plays in the "Vulgar" form of this ancient language |
Latin
|
$400 |
J |
LANGUAGES |
1999-11-12 |
#3495 |
|
Romanian developed from this language of the ancient Romans |
Latin
|
$200 |
DJ |
LANGUAGES |
1999-09-07 |
#3447 |
|
To read the Domesday Book in its original form, you have to know this language |
Latin
DD
|
$1,000 |
DJ |
LANGUAGES |
1999-02-08 |
#3326 |
|
The Roman Catholic church translates all of its principal documents into this dead language |
Latin
|
$100 |
J |
LANGUAGES |
1998-01-02 |
#3075 |
|
The romance languages all developed directly from this ancient tongue |
Latin
|
$200 |
DJ |
ROMANCE LANGUAGES |
1997-05-23 |
#2945 |
|
The dramas of Seneca & the histories of Tacitus belong to this language's silver age |
Latin
|
$200 |
J |
LANGUAGES |
1997-01-20 |
#2856 |
|
All of the Romance languages have their roots in this language |
Latin
|
$400 |
DJ |
LANGUAGES |
1996-11-27 |
#2818 |
|
Romanian is derived mostly from this language spoken in the ancient Roman province of Dacia |
Latin
|
$400 |
DJ |
LANGUAGES |
1996-06-04 |
#2722 |
|
Of the modern Romance languages, Sardinian is the most similar to the vulgar form of this language |
Latin
|
$200 |
DJ |
LANGUAGES |
1995-09-25 |
#2541 |
|
The classical form of this language had 23 letters, lacking J, U & W |
Latin
|
$800 |
DJ |
LANGUAGES |
1995-05-02 |
#2467 |
|
This was the language of scholarship until the 18th c. & of the Roman Catholic liturgy until the 20th c. |
Latin
|
$200 |
DJ |
LANGUAGES |
1995-04-05 |
#2448 |
|
About half of all English words are derived from this classical language |
Latin
|
$100 |
J |
LANGUAGES |
1994-07-12 |
#2287 |
|
Petronius wrote his "Satyricon" in a vernacular form of this ancient language |
Latin
|
$400 |
DJ |
LANGUAGES |
1994-05-31 |
#2257 |
|
Dublin's famous Book of Kells is written in this language |
Latin
|
|
FJ |
LANGUAGES |
1993-07-02 |
#2050 |
|
The golden age of literature in this language lasted from the first century B.C. to about 14 A.D. |
Latin
|
$100 |
J |
LANGUAGES |
1993-02-03 |
#1943 |
|
Petronius & Cicero were known to write in the Vulgar form of this language |
Latin
|
$200 |
DJ |
LANGUAGES |
1992-05-21 |
#1794 |
|
The Roman Catholic church still considers this to be its official language |
Latin
|
$200 |
DJ |
LANGUAGES |
1991-11-21 |
#1664 |
|
Until the 20th c. U.S. college students had to read Greek & this other classical language |
Latin
|
$200 |
DJ |
LANGUAGES |
1991-05-31 |
#1570 |
|
The Ciceronian Age followed by the Augustan Age created the Golden Age of literature in this language |
Latin
|
$300 |
J |
LANGUAGES |
1990-11-08 |
#1424 |
|
Modern Portuguese was derived from this language of Portugal's ancient conquerors |
Latin
|
$600 |
DJ |
LANGUAGES |
1990-09-18 |
#1387 |
|
Scholars estimate that half of the words in English are derived from this ancient tongue |
Latin
|
$400 |
DJ |
LANGUAGES |
1990-06-01 |
#1340 |
|
It was the basic literary language of Italy as late as the 15th century |
Latin
|
$600 |
DJ |
LANGUAGES |
1990-01-23 |
#1247 |
|
John Milton is considered the last major European writer to have written poetry in this language |
Latin
|
$600 |
DJ |
LANGUAGES |
1989-10-04 |
#1168 |
|
The salutatory address at Princeton's 1988 commencement was given in this ancient tongue |
Latin
|
$200 |
DJ |
LANGUAGES |
1989-01-12 |
#1009 |
|
Language in which the famous Gutenberg Bibles were printed |
Latin
|
|
FJ |
LANGUAGES |
1987-05-19 |
#637 |
|
Language that originally gave us the word "language" |
Latin
|
$1,000 |
DJ |
LANGUAGES |
1986-12-17 |
#528 |
|
At medieval European universities all classes were conducted in this language |
Latin
|
$400 |
J |
LANGUAGE |
1986-03-13 |
#394 |