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 (4)

Label Occurrences
Classical Latin canonical 10
Classical Latin literature 1
Classical Latin poetry 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 Catholic Church Latin ⓘ
European literary traditions ⓘ
Medieval Latin ⓘ
Neo-Latin ⓘ
linked to: New Latin

scientific terminology ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European languages ⓘ
majorAuthor Caesar ⓘ
Cicero ⓘ
Horace ⓘ
Livy ⓘ
Ovid ⓘ
Virgil ⓘ
partOf Latin language ⓘ
linked to: Latin
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 ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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 literature ⓘ
linked to: Classical Latin
Latino sine flexione → influencedBy → Classical Latin ⓘ
André Chénier → influencedBy → Classical Latin poetry ⓘ
linked to: Classical Latin
Southern Romance → hasLinguisticAncestor → Classical Latin ⓘ
Commentaries on the Civil War → periodStyle → Golden Age Latin ⓘ
linked to: Classical Latin
African Romance → influencedBy → Classical Latin ⓘ
Firminus → derivedFromLanguage → Classical Latin ⓘ