AN NPR "BOOK WE LOVE" FOR SUMMER 2024 A gorgeously illustrated guide to memorable Latin phrases, including famous quotations on love, death, nature, politics, and more. Latin may be a "dead" language, ...

Latin remains the official language of the Vatican, and there are many phrases that the wider world only hears around the time that a new pope is elected. Even the word conclave, the secret assembly ...

Q: I was in court recently and heard the lawyers say a bunch of Latin legal terms. What to they usually mean? A: Perhaps intellectual elitism motivates lawyers to use such language in court. More ...

This story originally appeared on Mental Floss. Whether you’re deciphering a cryptic state seal or trying to impress your Catholic in-laws, knowing some Latin has its advantages. But the operative ...

With over 300 million users, Duolingo is arguably the biggest language learning website around. And while it can teach you to parle français and hablar español, the site also offers courses in more ...

Those of us who had the privilege of enjoying formal education in Latin have fond memories of Terentius, Cicero, Horatius, Virgilius, Ovidius, Seneca, Tacitus, Juvenalis, etc., all of them ...