Classical Latin

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Classical Latin is the standardized form of the Latin language used in ancient Roman literature, oratory, and formal writing during the late Republic and early Empire.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Classical Latin canonical 7
Classical Latin literature 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (80)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical language stage
standardized variety of Latin
ancestorOf Romance languages
Vulgar Latin
approximateEndDate 2nd century CE
approximateStartDate 1st century BCE
center Rome
codifiedBy Roman grammarians
contrastedWith Late Latin
Medieval Latin
Vulgar Latin
currentUse studied in classical philology
used as reference norm for Latin studies
hasAspect perfective–imperfective distinction
hasCase ablative
accusative
dative
genitive
nominative
vocative
hasCaseSystem six grammatical cases
hasGender feminine
masculine
neuter
hasGenderSystem three grammatical genders
hasMood imperative
indicative
subjunctive
hasNumberSystem singular and plural
hasPhonologyFeature distinction between long and short vowels
stress accent
hasRegister formal register
high literary register
hasTense future
future perfect
imperfect
perfect
pluperfect
present
hasVoice active
passive
hasWordOrder flexible word order
influenced Ecclesiastical Latin
surface form: Catholic Church Latin

European literary traditions
Medieval Latin
New Latin
surface form: Neo-Latin

scientific terminology
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages
majorAuthor Caesar
Cicero
Horace
Livy
Ovid
Virgil
partOf Latin
surface form: Latin language
preservedIn inscriptions
manuscripts
region Roman Empire
Roman Republic
standardizedFrom Old Latin
status no native speakers
subfamily Italic languages
taughtAs model of correct Latin style
timePeriod early Roman Empire
Late Roman Republic
surface form: late Roman Republic
typicalWordOrder SOV
usedBy Roman Senate
Roman administration
Roman authors
Roman elite
Roman orators
usedFor historical writing
legal texts
philosophical prose
poetry
rhetoric
usedIn Roman oratory
ancient Roman literature
formal writing in ancient Rome
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Latin derivedFrom Classical Latin
Ecclesiastical Latin basedOn Classical Latin
Old Latin followedBy Classical Latin
Old Latin influenced Classical Latin
Late Latin follows Classical Latin
Late Latin notSameAs Classical Latin
Metamorphōsēs literaryPeriod Classical Latin
this entity surface form: Classical Latin literature
Latino sine flexione influencedBy Classical Latin