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Modern Latin

posted by [personal profile] owlfish at 06:04pm on 15/05/2003
Hmm. C. just pointed out the new Latin dictionary from the Vatican, mentioned today by the BBC. It's named the Lexicon Recentis Latinitatis. The new formations to describe modern things cited by the BBC imply that the dictionary uses long and complicated accretions and phrases formed from existing Latin vocabulary, not neologisms. Thus, any way you use this dictionary, you'll come out sounding somewhat long-winded. That's my initial verdict, anyways, not having seen the thing.
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Someone it's perfect for

posted by [identity profile] saffronjan.livejournal.com at 05:25am on 16/05/2003
When I saw this story on BBC, I immediately e-mailed it to a friend of mine whose area of concentration is Medieval papal documents... long-winded sounded like the very thing she would be used to : )

I looked at actually buying her a copy as a birthday present, but-- did you see this in the article?-- it costs over $100 US.

I will have to find fun things in my price range : )
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