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	Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Latin
		Latin is also still used (drawing heavily on Greek roots) to furnish the names used in the scientific classification of living things.
		Latin is a synthetic or inflectional language: affixes are attached to fixed stems to express gender, number, and case in adjectives, nouns, and pronouns, which is called declension; and person, number, tense, voice, mood, and aspect in verbs, which is called conjugation.
		However, as many as half the words in English were derived from Latin, including many words of Greek origin first adopted by the Romans, not to mention the thousands of French, Spanish, and Italian words of Latin origin that have also enriched English.
	www.fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/Latin (1036 words)

	List of Latin phrases - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as Greek rhetoric and literature reached its peak centuries before that of Ancient Rome.
		When used as a consonant, it is often replaced by the letter j by Medieval convention, especially in legal terminology—hence phrases like de iure are often spelled de jure.
		Latin phrases and mottoes - Sorted alphabetically and by subject.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases (252 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Latin
		Latin is a member of the family of Italic languages, and its alphabet, the Latin alphabet, is based on the Old Italic alphabet, which is in turn derived from the Greek alphabet.
		Latin was first brought to the Italian peninsula in the 9th or 8th century BC by migrants from the north, who settled in the Latium region, specifically around the River Tiber, where the Roman civilization first developed.
		Latin was influenced by the Celtic dialects and the non-Indo-European Etruscan language of northern Italy, as well as by the Greek of southern Italy.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Latin (2636 words)

	Latin information - Search.com
		Latin is a member of the family of Italic languages, and its alphabet, the Latin alphabet, is based on the Old Italic alphabet, which is in turn derived from the Greek alphabet.
		Latin was first brought to the Italian peninsula in the 9th or 8th century BC by migrants from the north, who settled in the Latium region, specifically around the River Tiber, where the Roman civilization first developed.
		Latin was influenced by the Celtic dialects and the non-Indo-European Etruscan language in northern Italy, and by Greek in southern Italy.
	www.search.com /reference/Latin (2717 words)

	Latin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Latin is the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium.
		Latin itself, being a very old language, is far closer to Proto-Indo-European than are most modern Western European languages; it has, in fact, about the same relationship with PIE as modern Italian or French has to Latin.
		Latin was once taught in most of the schools in Britain with academic leanings - perhaps 25% of the total [1].
	www.abcworld.net /Latin.html (1411 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Main Page
		Binomial name Grus grus Linnaeus, 1758 The Common Crane (Grus grus), also known as the Eurasian Crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes.
		This is a Korean name; the family name is Roh Roh Moo-hyun (IPA:) (born September 1, 1946 in Gimhae, South Gyeongsang, South Korea) is the President of South Korea.
		This is a list of British monarchs, that is, the monarchs on the thrones of some of the various kingdoms that have existed on, or incorporated, the island of Great Britain, namely: England (united with Wales from 1536) up to 1707; Scotland up to 1707; The Kingdom of Great Britain...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia (3226 words)

	Informat.io on Latin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Latin is also still used—drawing heavily on Greek roots—to furnish the names used in the scientific classification of living things.
		Latin was influenced by the Celtic dialects and the non-Indo-European Etruscan language in northern Italy, and by Greek in southern Italy.
		Latin is a synthetic inflectional language: affixes (which usually encode more than one grammatical category) are attached to fixed stems to express gender, number, and case in adjectives, nouns, and pronouns, which is called declension; and person, number, tense, voice, mood, and aspect in verbs, which is called conjugation.
	www.informat.io /?title=Latin (2496 words)

	Latin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Attempts to make English grammar follow some Latin rules, such as the "prohibition" on split infinitives, have been met with some resistance from those who believe that to split infinitives occasionally can improve the clarity of English.
		These words were dubbed "inkhorn" or "inkpot" words, as if they had spilled from a pot of ink.
		However, there is a growing movement, sometimes known as the Living Latin movement, whose supporters believe that Latin can be taught in the same way that modern "living" languages are taught, i.e.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Latin (2650 words)

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		Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as Greek rhetoric and literature was highly-regarded in Ancient Rome when Latin rhetoric and literature was still maturing.
		When used as a consonant, it is often replaced by the letter j, which was originally simply an orthographic "long i" that was used in initial positions and when it occurred between two other vowels.
		On this list, the more common form will be the one a phrase is listed under: thus, de jure is used instead of de iure, and alea iacta est instead of alea jacta est.
	www.chinaiworld.com /wiki-List_of_Latin_phrases (345 words)

	Latin
		All Romance languages descend from Latin, and many words based on Latin are found in other modern languages such as English.
		These words, dubbed "inkpot" words (as if they had spilled from an pot of ink), were rich in flavor and meaning.
		Many of these words were used once by the author and then forgotten, but some remain.
	www.knowledgefun.com /book/l/la/latin.html (614 words)

	LATIN FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Although now widely considered an extinct language with very few fluent speakers, Latin has had a major influence on many languages that are still thriving, and continues to see wide use in areas such as academia.
		Although surviving Latin literature consists almost entirely of Classical Latin, an artificial and highly stylized and polished literary language from the 1st century BC, the actual spoken language of the Roman Empire was Vulgar Latin, which significantly differed from Classical Latin in grammar, vocabulary, and eventually pronunciation.
		In France, Latin is found in the Lycée Classique, and in Germany and the Netherlands at the highest level of high schools called Gymnasium.
	www.gottagetflowers.com /Latin (2117 words)

	Tammy's (Mostly) Home Schooling Curriculum and Book Reviews -- Review of Vocabulary Curricula
		The first exercise is a list of 16 true or false statements which focus on the meanings of the words.
		The underlined words are a definition of one of the list words.
		The student is given the definitions of the words and a grid is provided in which to write the list words.
	www.abasiccurriculum.com /reviews/vocab.html (2149 words)

	List of Latin and Greek words commonly used i... - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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		The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek, as are some of the names used for higher taxa such as orders and above.
		Where a scientific name is derived from a Greek word, rules and conventions exist for transforming the original Greek spelling (which uses a different alphabet from Latin and modern European languages) into a \'Latinised\' form.
		Examples of organisms named after persons other than scientists working in the field are Mirolabrichthys imeldae (a species of Anthiid coral reef fish named after Imelda Marcos) and Tanichthys albonubes (another fish species, the generic name Tanichthys translating as "Tan\'s Fish", after the Chinese boy who brought the fish to the attention of collectors).
	www.bangalorein.com /wiki-List_of_Latin_and_Greek_words_commonly_used_in_systematic_names (1775 words)

	Word List: Forthright's Favourites
		An astronomical term, used to describe imaginary lines in the sky by which an astronomer determines the height of a star in the sky relative to the horizon.
		While sometimes used in the general sense, cancrizans is most commonly used to refer to a particular type of baroque composition known as a crab canon, the most well-known of which is by Bach and is part of his Musical Offering - one of my favourite pieces of music.
		Used largely in literary and formal contexts, it is taken straight from the Latin term of the same meaning.
	phrontistery.info /favourite.html (3524 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Latin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		{{mainLatin grammar}} Latin is a synthetic inflectional language: affixes (often suffixes, which usually encode more than one grammatical category) are attached to fixed stems to express gender, number, and case in adjectives, nouns, and pronouns -- a process called 'declension'.
		{{mainLatin conjugation}} Nearly all verbs in Latin are encompassed by the four main conjugations -- the groups of verbs with similar inflected forms.
		There are six general tenses in Latin (present, imperfect, future, perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect), three grammatical moods (indicative, imperative and subjunctive), six persons (first, second, and third, each in singular and plural),
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Latin (2727 words)

	qv
		A related list is that of Latin proverbs; the difference between phrases and proverbs being often subjective.
		Use this test to see whether a Latin sentence is a phrase or proverb: If the sentence is an old yet common saying that expresses some practical truth, then it is probably a proverb.
		First two words of the Writ to bring a prisoner to court (Charles II of England, Habeas Corpus Act - 1679) and commonly used as the general term for a prisoner's legal right to have the charge against specifically identified.
	www.measuroo.com /Acr-Q/qv.php (9618 words)

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		List of Judicial Committees of the Privy Council & House of Lords cases
		List of NATO reporting names for miscellaneous aircraft
		List of NATO reporting names for transport aircraft
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /index_185.html (165 words)

	Latin - FrathWiki
		In France, Latin is found in the Lycée Classique, and in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands at the highest level of high schools called Gymnasium.
		Waquet, Françoise, Latin, or the Empire of a Sign: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Centuries (Verso, 2003) ISBN 1859844022; translated from the French by John Howe.
		InterTran Latin, Translate from Latin to ENGLISH or vice versa.
	wiki.frath.net /Latin (2171 words)

	Lorem Ipsum - Latin Language
		Romance languages descend from a Latin parent, and many words based on Latin are found in other modern languages such as
		It is also still used, along with Greek, to furnish the names used in the
		locative case used to express place (normally expressed by the ablative with a preposition such as IN), but this hold-over from Indo-European is only found in the names of lakes, cities, towns, similar locales, and a few other words.
	www.lorem-ipsum.info /latin-language (448 words)

	Revisiting Binomial nomenclature : Exploring Essential Information, Data and Explanation.
		Although Latin derivation is not universal (names sometimes come from Ancient Greek, sometimes from local languages, often from the name of the person who first described a species) and sometimes in a playful way, such as a
		pun, the names are always treated grammatically as if they were Latin words.
		A single organism may have several scientific names in circulation, depending on opinion (see synonymy),
	www.llpoh.org /Biology_Update/Binomial_nomenclature.html (1410 words)

	Latin - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Latin - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia
		Locative: used only with certain nouns (including names of cities, towns, small islands among others) to denote location (for instance Romae "in Rome", domi "at home").
		Table demonstrating a partial conjugation of the verb "laudare".
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=Latin (2656 words)

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