Latin

E5875

Indo-European language Italic language ancient language classical language language liturgical language

Latin is an ancient Italic language of the Roman Empire that profoundly shaped the vocabulary, grammar, and development of many European languages and scholarly traditions.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Latin canonical	834
Latin language	124
Classical Latin	6
Old Latin	3
Literary Latin	2
Ecclesiastical Latin	1
Latin (cultural-linguistic context)	1
Latin (historically)	1
Latin Iadera	1
Latin Rubico	1
Latin: Flagellatio Christi ad columnam	1
Latini	1
Paleo-Latin	1

Statements (78)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indo-European language ⓘ Italic language ⓘ ancient language ⓘ classical language ⓘ language ⓘ liturgical language ⓘ
classicalAuthors	Julius Caesar ⓘ surface form: Caesar Cicero ⓘ Horace ⓘ Livy ⓘ Ovid ⓘ Tacitus ⓘ Virgil ⓘ
descendant	Romance languages ⓘ
developedFrom	Old Latin ⓘ Proto-Italic ⓘ
family	Italic branch of the Indo-European language family ⓘ
grammarFeature	case system for nouns, pronouns, and adjectives ⓘ grammatical gender ⓘ highly inflected morphology ⓘ synthetic verb forms ⓘ verb conjugations ⓘ
hasStage	Latin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Classical Latin New Latin ⓘ surface form: Contemporary Latin Vulgar Latin ⓘ surface form: Late Latin Medieval Latin ⓘ New Latin ⓘ Latin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Old Latin Renaissance Latin ⓘ Vulgar Latin ⓘ
historicalCenter	Rome ⓘ
influenced	Catalan ⓘ Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Romanian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ many European languages ⓘ
ISO639-1Code	la ⓘ
ISO639-2Code	lat ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	lat ⓘ
lexicalInfluence	biological nomenclature ⓘ legal terminology ⓘ medical terminology ⓘ philosophical terminology ⓘ scientific terminology ⓘ taxonomic nomenclature ⓘ theological terminology ⓘ
officialStatus	official language of Vatican City ⓘ official language of the Holy See ⓘ
originatedIn	Italian Peninsula ⓘ Latium ⓘ
orthographicFeature	use of macrons in pedagogical texts to mark vowel length ⓘ
phonologicalFeature	consonant length (gemination) ⓘ quantitative vowel length distinction ⓘ
regionHistoricallySpoken	Western Mediterranean ⓘ parts of Europe, North Africa, and the Near East under Roman rule ⓘ
scriptDirection	left-to-right ⓘ
standardPronunciationModels	Classical pronunciation ⓘ Ecclesiastical pronunciation ⓘ
status	no native speakers in everyday use ⓘ used as a learned language ⓘ
taughtAs	classical language in schools and universities ⓘ
timePeriod	Roman Empire ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ ancient Rome ⓘ
usedAs	language of diplomacy in early modern Europe ⓘ language of scholarship in medieval Europe ⓘ liturgical language of the Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
usedBy	Romans ⓘ
usedIn	Roman administration ⓘ Roman education ⓘ Roman law ⓘ Roman literature ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (977)

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

Koine Greek → influencedBy → Latin ⓘ

Old Italic script → usedForLanguage → Latin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paleo-Latin

Thomas Jefferson → languagesSpoken → Latin ⓘ

Middle English → influencedBy → Latin ⓘ

Dutch → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Latin ⓘ

E pluribus unum (shared national motto) → language → Latin ⓘ

subject surface form: E pluribus unum

Vulgar Latin → developedFrom → Latin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Latin

Vulgar Latin → developedFrom → Latin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Latin

Vulgar Latin → distinctFrom → Latin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Latin

Vulgar Latin → distinctFrom → Latin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Literary Latin

Finnish language → hasHistoricalWritingInfluenceFrom → Latin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin language

Society of Jesus → hasOfficialLanguage → Latin ⓘ

Angelus prayer → languageOfTitle → Latin ⓘ

Renaissance humanism → valuedLanguage → Latin ⓘ

Reformation Wall → mottoLanguage → Latin ⓘ

Old English → influencedBy → Latin ⓘ

Excelsior → language → Latin ⓘ

Albanian language → hasLoanwordSource → Latin ⓘ

Seventeen Provinces → language → Latin ⓘ

Etruscan language → influenced → Latin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin language

Etruscan language → replacedBy → Latin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin language

Tridentine Mass → primaryLiturgicalLanguage → Latin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ecclesiastical Latin

BEL → script → Latin ⓘ

Scots → influencedBy → Latin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin language

Order of the Thistle → mottoLanguage → Latin ⓘ

Renaissance → hasLanguageContext → Latin ⓘ

Roman Republic → officialLanguage → Latin ⓘ

Medieval Greek → influencedBy → Latin ⓘ

Latin → hasStage → Latin self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Latin

Latin → hasStage → Latin self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Latin

René Descartes → languageOfWorkOrName → Latin ⓘ

Claudius → hasLanguageOfOrigin → Latin ⓘ

Venetic language → replacedBy → Latin ⓘ

Venetic language → hasLexicalSimilarityWith → Latin ⓘ

U.S. Army Special Operations Command → mottoLanguage → Latin ⓘ

Pelagius → languageOfWorkOrName → Latin ⓘ

Modern Irish → hasLoanwordsFrom → Latin ⓘ

Oscan language → closelyRelatedTo → Latin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin language

Oscan language → replacedBy → Latin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin language

Latin Rite → usesLiturgicalLanguage → Latin ⓘ

Apostolic Penitentiary → languageOfOperation → Latin ⓘ

Pope → hasOfficialLanguage → Latin ⓘ

Litany → languageOfUse → Latin ⓘ

Consubstantiation → languageOrigin → Latin ⓘ

U.S. state of Oklahoma → stateMottoLanguage → Latin ⓘ

subject surface form: Oklahoma

Asia Minor → languageInHistory → Latin ⓘ

Caligula → languageSpoken → Latin ⓘ

modern Olympic Games → mottoLanguage → Latin ⓘ

Western Roman Empire → hasLanguage → Latin ⓘ

Vespasian → languageSpoken → Latin ⓘ