The first irony about the Latin language is that it is often called a dead language, when in fact it is alive and well in other languages — including English. The second irony is that Latin is ...

The Latin language used to be spoken all over the Roman Empire. But no country officially speaks it now, at least not in its classic form. So, did Latin really peter out when the Roman Empire ceased ...

I spent a bit of Sunday night helping my 14-year-old son study for an upcoming quiz in his Latin class. He’s a freshman at a large and well-regarded school for boys. As a native Angeleno, he grew up ...

Instead of transitioning between Latin and English, spoken Latin keeps the cognition all in one language. Illustration by Meilan Solly / Photos via Getty Center, Metropolitan Museum of Art under ...

For a response to this piece, read “The Liturgy Was Made for All People and Languages, Not Just Latin.” The Catholic Church often faces the perception that it cannot adequately respond to the social ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This article explores medieval and early modern Jewish-Christian polemic rooted in the specific properties of the Hebrew and Latin languages ...