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LATIN LANGUAGE AND ROMAN
CULTURE
Latin…for what?
YOU READ LATIN ALMOST
EVERYDAY WITHOUT KNOWING IT!
Is
not…
LATIN
Requiescat
In
Pacem
But
Latin
…
=“REST IN PEACE”
A DEAD
LANGUAGE?
IS LATIN A DEAD LANGUAGE?
Although Latin is not a
language which is
spoken nowadays, it is
not DEAD, because….;
IIT NEVER DIED, BUT IT CHANGED INTO
OTHER DIFFERENT LANGUAGES….
MI IMPERIO
MON EMPIRE
MEUM
IMPERIUM
IL MIO
IMPERIO
USING LATIN YOU CAN LEARN….
VOCABULARY
OTHER
LANGUAGES
latin
SCHOOL
DISCIPLINES
CULTURE
MATHEMATICS
TANGENT, from
LATIN, “tangere”: TO
TOUCH
-TANGIBLE
-TACT
-INTACT
ENGLISH IDIOM: “TO GO OFF AT
A TANGENT”= to change to a
different thing, thought, mind, etc.
LATIN IN OTHER DISCIPLINES….
PLURICELLULAR
From PLURI: many and
CELULA:
MOLLUSC, from MOLLIS, “soft”
MUSEUM,
From MUSAE, the muses that
inspire artists
BIPED, from
BIS (two)
AND
PEDIS: foot
LATIN HELPS YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE
MEANING OF WORDS…….
- VII
- SEPTEM
- VIII
- OCTO
- IX
- NOVEM
- X
- DECEM
- SEPTEMBER
+ BER= - OCTOBER
- NOVEMBER
- DECEMBER
…ETYMOLOGY
ETYMOS: TRUE
LOGOS: MEANING
CULTURE
SAGGITARIUS
Senatus Populusque Romanus
“The Senate and the People of Rome”
THE ROMAN LEGACY
The planets have been named
after different Gods of Rome:
Saturn, Mercury, Iuppiter,
Pluto…