| Wiktionary:Beer parlour Apr 25th 2012, 00:16 Modern Latin: new section | ← Older revision | Revision as of 00:16, 25 April 2012 | | Line 3,040: | Line 3,040: | | | | | | | | --[[User:Daniel Carrero|Daniel]] 18:23, 24 April 2012 (UTC) | | --[[User:Daniel Carrero|Daniel]] 18:23, 24 April 2012 (UTC) | | | + | | | | + | == Modern Latin == | | | + | | | | + | Due to Latin being an extinct language, one citation is sufficient for each term. However, the posts above about Middle English led me to this question: are modern usages of Latin acceptable? What if a term is only used in medieval texts? Based on how often I see "New Latin", I'd guess there are a fair few of them. I also think we ought to accept them, when tagged as not being Classical. | | | + | | | | + | The issue is really about words that are only found in 20th and 21st century works. I am currently reading ''[[w:la:Winnie Ille Pu|Winnie ille Pu]]'' and I plan sometime soon to read ''[[w:la:Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis|Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis]]''. There are some words in these that are clearly legitimate (like [[w:la:Hamaxostichus|hamaxostichus]]), but describe things that did not exist before the modern age (in this case, trains). Am I justified in adding them with a citation from such a work? --[[User:Metaknowledge|Μετάknowledge]]<sup>''[[User talk:Metaknowledge|discuss]]/[[Special:Contributions/Metaknowledge|deeds]]''</sup> 00:15, 25 April 2012 (UTC) | | |
