Saturday, May 21, 2016

Slow and steady …

… The Ultimate Latin Dictionary: After 122 Years, Still At Work On The Letter 'N' : Parallels : NPR. (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)

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  1. Latin is far less a moving target than English, yet here and there writers are at work coining neologisms. I remember (maybe inaccurately) from Radio Finland's Nuntii Latini such terms as "missiles uranii pauperati" (depleted uranium rounds) and "retus informaticus, vulge 'internet'".

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