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The gender of the classified thing is realized by the last syllables of the adjectives, numbers and pronouns that refer to it: e.g. male animals such as hic vir "this man" and hic gallus "this cock", female animals such as haec mulier "this woman" and haec gallīna "this chicken", and either sexually undifferentiated animals such as hoc ovum ...
Hic Caesarem videt. (He's seeing Caesar.) Hī Caesarem vident. (They're seeing Caesar.) Speech role Ego Caesarem videō. (I'm seeing Caesar.) Tū Caesarem vidēs. (You're seeing Caesar.) Hic Caesarem videt. (He's seeing Caesar.) Gender Hic ā Caesare vīsus est. (He was seen by Caesar.) Haec ā Caesare vīsa est. (She was seen by Caesar.) Hoc ...
The third set of Latin demonstratives (ille, etc.), developed into the definite articles in most Romance languages, such as el, la, los, las in Spanish, and le, la, les in French. With the exception of Romanian, and some varieties of Spanish and Portuguese, the neuter gender has been lost in the Romance languages. Spanish and Portuguese have ...
The Oxford Handbook of Latin American History is a reference work, primarily of historiography, with narrative discussions of publications on particular topics with select bibliography. Essays analyze the recent historiography, periodization, themes and trends in the field. Essays are by region and theme. [1] The articles include treatment of ...
Hic dum metueret succrescentes multitudinem et vires Sumongularum, hoc est aquaticorum Mongulorum, qui proprie Tartari dicebantur a Tartar flumine patrio, quanquam nec regem nec civitatem haberent sed pastores tantum essent et tributum annuum penderent, voluit illos in varias regiones dispergere quo rebellandi potentiam frangeret, verum illi ...
"Sunt hic etiam sua praemia laudi; sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt. Solve metus; feret haec aliquam tibi fama salutem." "Here, too, the praiseworthy has its rewards; there are tears for things and mortal things touch the mind. Release your fear; this fame will bring you some safety." Virgil, Aeneid, 1.461 ff.
The following list contains a selection from the Latin abbreviations that occur in the writings and inscriptions of the Romans. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A few other non-classical Latin abbreviations are added. Contents:
Cartography of Latin America, map-making of the realms in the Western Hemisphere, was an important aim of European powers expanding into the New World. Both the Spanish Empire and the Portuguese Empire began mapping the realms they explored and settled. They also speculated on the lands that were marked terra incognita. Indigenous groups ...