Latin
Encyclopedias written in Latin.
- Nine Books of Disciplines by Marcus Terentius Varro
- Naturalis Historia of Pliny the Elder
- Etymologiae of Isidore of Seville
- Speculum Maius of Vincent of Beauvais
- De proprietatibus rerum of Bartholomeus Anglicus
- Liber de natura rerum of Thomas of Cantimpré
- Fons memorabilium universi of Domenico Bandini of Arezzo
- Latin Wikipedia
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“They named it Ovation from the Latin ovis [a sheep].”
—Plutarch (46–120)
“I am not of the opinion generally entertained in this country [England], that man lives by Greek and Latin alone; that is, by knowing a great many words of two dead languages, which nobody living knows perfectly, and which are of no use in the common intercourse of life. Useful knowledge, in my opinion, consists of modern languages, history, and geography; some Latin may be thrown into the bargain, in compliance with custom, and for closet amusement.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“What’s the Latin name for ‘parsley’?
What’s the Greek name for Swine’s Snout?”
—Robert Browning (1812–1889)