Below you will find example sentences with "classical latin". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Classical Latin in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: latin
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 15
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 25.2 words

Words in this phrase

classical latin

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • classical can mean: Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art. Frequent word
  • latin can mean: Of or relating to Latin: the language spoken in ancient Rome and other cities of Latium. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

vowels in classical latin 2× also amongst classical latin the term 1× attested in classical latin literature 1× classical latin had a 1× classical latin syllables and 1× different from classical latin adjectives generally 1× extinction in classical latin 1× found in classical latin but not 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a wider meaning 1× and also amongst 1× classical latin had 1× classical latin syllables 1× colish medieval foundations 1× consider three particular 1×

Common sentence endings:

in classical latin 4× and plantago media 1× church and government 1× classical latin literature 1× classical latin mēnsem 1× contemporaneous vulgar latin 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

vulgar 8× plantago 6× vowels 4× used 3× romance 3× refer 3× way 3× word 3× times 2× stress 2× changed 2× says 2×

Related phrases

latin america latin american classical music latin word vulgar latin classical academy classical liberalism classical logic classical theory

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around latin:

latin american 20× vulgar latin 12×

Just before it in the phrase index:

classical academy classic tale classic gaming classic cars classic car class sizes

Just after it in the phrase index:

classical liberalism classical logic classical music classical theory classified documents classified information

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

classical music classical academy classical liberalism classical logic classical theory

Same ending:

vulgar latin

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "classical latin" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 25.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as vowels in classical latin, also amongst classical latin the term, vulgar, plantago and vowels stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with latin america, latin american, classical music, latin american and vulgar latin, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with classical latin

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Classical Latin syllables and stress seeAlso In Classical Latin, stress changed. (11 words)

Consider three particular verbs in Classical Latin expressing concepts of "going": ire, vadere, and ambulare. (15 words)

Old Latin had more diphthongs, but most of them changed into long vowels in Classical Latin. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Sihler says that /l/ was clear before /i/ and dark before other vowels, but Allen says that /l/ was dark before back vowels in pre-Classical Latin and clear before both front and back vowels in Classical Latin. (38 words)

Colish Medieval Foundations pp. 66–70 Grammarians of the period modified the Latin language, changing it from the Classical Latin of the Roman Empire into a more flexible form to fit the needs of the church and government. (38 words)

And also amongst classical Latin, the term "republic" can be used in a general way to refer to any regime, or in a specific way to refer to governments which work for the public good. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

Works written in Latin during classical times used Classical Latin rather than Vulgar Latin, with very few exceptions (most notably sections of Gaius Petronius ' Satyricon ).

Classical Latin syllables and stress seeAlso In Classical Latin, stress changed.

Sihler says that /l/ was clear before /i/ and dark before other vowels, but Allen says that /l/ was dark before back vowels in pre-Classical Latin and clear before both front and back vowels in Classical Latin.

There are about 200 species of Plantago, including: The genus name Plantago descends from the classical Latin name plantago which in classical Latin meant some Plantago species, including Plantago major and Plantago media.

This is shown by many forms in the Romance languages, such as Spanish costar from Vulgar Latin cōstāre (originally constāre) and Italian mese from Vulgar Latin mēse (Classical Latin mēnsem).

If one wanted to refer to what in post-classical times was called classical Latin one resorted to the concept of latinitas ("latinity") or latine (adverb).

Colish Medieval Foundations pp. 66–70 Grammarians of the period modified the Latin language, changing it from the Classical Latin of the Roman Empire into a more flexible form to fit the needs of the church and government.

If it was not preferred in Classical Latin, then it most likely came from the invisible contemporaneous Vulgar Latin.

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Old Latin had more diphthongs, but most of them changed into long vowels in Classical Latin.

One way to determine whether a Romance language feature was in Vulgar Latin is to compare it with its parallel in Classical Latin.

The educated population mainly responsible for Classical Latin might also have spoken Vulgar Latin in certain contexts depending on their socioeconomic background.

The following are common features of the Romance languages (inherited from Vulgar Latin ) that are different from Classical Latin: * Adjectives generally follow the noun they modify.

The Latin version, and the modern geographical identification, is likely to be a scholastic innovation, as it is not attested in classical Latin literature.

The locative is dealt with separately as it is seldom used in Latin and might be considered to be on the verge of extinction in Classical Latin.

This class is often translated as "knight"; the medieval knight, however, was called miles in Latin (which in classical Latin meant "soldier", normally infantry).

Where in Classical Latin the place of the accent was predictable from the structure of the word, it was no longer so in Vulgar Latin.

And also amongst classical Latin, the term "republic" can be used in a general way to refer to any regime, or in a specific way to refer to governments which work for the public good.

A wider meaning of "fabric, structure" is found in classical Latin, but not in Greek usage.

Classical Latin had a generally verb-final (SOV) but overall quite free word order, with a significant amount of word scrambling and mixing of left-branching and right-branching constructions.

Consider three particular verbs in Classical Latin expressing concepts of "going": ire, vadere, and ambulare.

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