Special module:
Neo-Latin
AKA "New" Latin
Watch this video to learn about Neo-Latin with Dr. Andrew Korzeniewski of the University of Pittsburgh.
About the scholar:
Dr. Andrew Korzeniewski is a Lecturer in the Department of Classics at the University of Pittsburgh. After earning his BA and MA degrees at Villanova University, he earned his PhD in Classics from the University of Pittsburgh in 2014, with a study of Aeneas. His research interests include humor in ancient epic, the Augustan Age, ancient and modern intertextuality, literary social criticism, history of the Latin linguistics, and Dante Alighieri’s relationship with Vergil.
Further Reading:
The Morgan-Owens Neo-Latin Lexicon, ed. Patrick M. Owens
The Lexicon Recentis Latinitatis, a Neo-Latin dictionary published by the Vatican-based Latinitas Foundation (also available in print)
Latin Vocabulary:
Words in bold on DCC Latin Core Vocabulary List
Nouns:
follis, follis, m. - ball
lūdus, ludī, m. - game
cella, cellae, f. - a room
gubernātor, gubernātōris, m. - pilot, helmsman, leader
īnstrūmentum, īnstrūmentī, n. - instrument, implement
locus, locī, m. - place
Adjectives:
aquātilis, aquātile - aquatic, associated with water
calōrificus, calōrifica, calōrificum - warming, heat-generating
autocinētus, autocinēta, autocinētus - self-moving (derived from Greek prefix αὐτο, meaning 'self' and κινητικός, meaning 'moving, motion-generating')
inīquus, inīqua, inīquum - uneven, steep, hostile
aptus, apta, aptum - apt, fit, suitable