WebMedieval Latin was the form of Literary Latin used in Roman Catholic Western Europe during the Middle Ages.In this region it served as the primary written language, though local languages were also written to varying degrees. Latin functioned as the main medium of scholarly exchange, as the liturgical language of the Church, and as the working …

Webmedieval: [adjective] of, relating to, or characteristic of the Middle Ages.

WebTerminology and periodisation. The Middle Ages is one of the three major periods in the most enduring scheme for analysing European history: Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Modern Period. The "Middle Ages" first appears in Latin in 1469 as media tempestas or "middle season". In early usage, there were many variants, including medium aevum, or …

WebMedieval Latin. Du Cange. Latin > French. Gaffiot page. Gaffiot text. Gaffiot text + quotes. Latin > Italian. Calonghi. Latin > Spanish. De Miguel Valbuena. Latin > German. Georges page. Georges texte. Latin dictionary ... • Perseus: Latin-English dictionary, by Charlton Lewis & Charles Short (1879)

WebAd fontes. Ad fontes ("to the sources") was the general cry of the Renaissance humanists, and as such their Latin style sought to purge Latin of the medieval Latin vocabulary and stylistic accretions that it had acquired in the centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire.They looked to golden age Latin literature, and especially to Cicero in prose and …

WebPassion definition, any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate. See more.

WebLexical turnover. Over the centuries, spoken Latin lost various lexical items and replaced them with native coinages; with borrowings from neighbouring languages such as Gaulish, Germanic, or Greek; or with other native words that had undergone semantic shift.The literary language generally retained the older words, however.. A textbook example is the …

WebUn libro electrónico, [1] libro digital o ciberlibro, conocido en inglés como e-book o eBook, es la publicación electrónica o digital de un libro.Es importante diferenciar el libro electrónico o digital de uno de los dispositivos más popularizados para su lectura: el lector de libros electrónicos, o e-reader, en su versión inglesa.. Aunque a veces se define como "una …

WebEquinox definition, the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth and occurring about March 21 (vernal equinox, or spring equinox ) and September 22 (autumnal equinox ). See more.

WebA vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living.In European folklore, vampires are undead creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods they inhabited while they were alive. They wore shrouds and were often described as bloated and of …