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English term or phrase:
Slavonic Languages
Latin translation:
linguae sclavinorum
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Mihailolja
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Is Lingua slavica the correct translation? I'm really unsure, were "Slavs" a distinct ethnic group during the Roman period?
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| 5 +1 | linguae sclavinorum |
Flavio Ferri-Benedetti
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| 4 | linguae slavicae |
Alexander Onishko
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linguae sclavinorum
Dear Mihailolja,
in Late Latin you have "sclavini" as a noun for the "people neighbouring Bulgaria" - "the Slavs". The word is related to byzantine "sklávos" (servant, SLAVE), because these people were often "used" as "slaves".
I can't find an adjective, but we can use a genitive here.
Thus:
"Lingua sclavinorum" (Language of the Slavs)
"Linguae sclavinorum" (Languages of the Slavs)
There must be some more adjectives, but this is what I have available right now :)
I hope this helps.
Flavio
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Note added at 13 mins (2004-08-04 11:20:14 GMT)
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Also \"sclavinicae linguae\" (adjective being \"sclavinicus, a, um\")
in Late Latin you have "sclavini" as a noun for the "people neighbouring Bulgaria" - "the Slavs". The word is related to byzantine "sklávos" (servant, SLAVE), because these people were often "used" as "slaves".
I can't find an adjective, but we can use a genitive here.
Thus:
"Lingua sclavinorum" (Language of the Slavs)
"Linguae sclavinorum" (Languages of the Slavs)
There must be some more adjectives, but this is what I have available right now :)
I hope this helps.
Flavio
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Note added at 13 mins (2004-08-04 11:20:14 GMT)
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Also \"sclavinicae linguae\" (adjective being \"sclavinicus, a, um\")
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Peer comment(s):
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Vicky Papaprodromou
: Hi Flavio. Right you are about "sclavini"; relation to Byzantine "sklavos" has never been confirmed though since the origin of Slavs (consequently the origin of their name and language) is still one of the most contradicted topics in European history.
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Parapoly Vicky :) Isn't it fascinating?
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linguae slavicae
plural from lingua is linguae - see http://cheiron.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~barrette/latin/declin...
also plural from slavica => slavicae
see for example -
Linguae Slavicae
Systematische Übersicht des Alten Standortkataloges bis 1927. Linguae
Slavicae - Ling.Slav. Slawische Sprachen im Allgemeinen, Alt ...
image.slub-dresden.de/de/Inc_txt/stok/LingSlav.html
also plural from slavica => slavicae
see for example -
Linguae Slavicae
Systematische Übersicht des Alten Standortkataloges bis 1927. Linguae
Slavicae - Ling.Slav. Slawische Sprachen im Allgemeinen, Alt ...
image.slub-dresden.de/de/Inc_txt/stok/LingSlav.html
Peer comment(s):
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Vicky Papaprodromou
: Hi Alexander. "Linguae Slavicae" exists indeed but I am afraid it is a post-Latin term.
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Discussion
Yes this is precidely what I was thinking but was not sure about. The "slavs" first state was the one in Moravia in the 7-8th centuries, they were pagan until the 9th at the latest and there was no pr�per alphabet until Sts Cril and Methodius. ���� ������� �� ���, ��� �������!