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> they either should accept the original Roman spelling of Lvtetia Lvtetia is not "the original Roman spelling". The original Roman cursive spelling is: https
by demetrius 4y ago
> they either should accept the original Roman spelling of Lvtetia
Lvtetia is not "the original Roman spelling".
The original Roman cursive spelling is: https://imageup.ru/img224/3989875/roman-coursive-example.png https://imageup.ru/img224/3989875/roman-coursive-example.png
The original Roman square capitals variant is like this: LV́TÉTIA (too lazy to make an image; I hope you have a serif typeface, it's closer enough)
The cursive eventually evolved into "lutetia"
The square capitals eventually into "LVTETIA"
Later, people decided to use both versions together, using letters like L, V, T, E in the beginning of sentences and names; and letters like l, u, t, e elsewhere.
What happened in mediaeval times is that people decided added lowercase v and uppercase U. So, Lvtetia is ahistorical: it should be Lutetia or LVTETIA or lutetia, since lowercase v is a later invention.
(Similar thing happened when Turkish people devised their Latin script: they divided I/i into I/ı and İ/i. Using Lvtetia is like using Lvtetıa, because Romans didn't put dots over their I's.)
> (edit: that said, when I search for "lugd" I do get search results for LVGDVNO, so maybe the search got improved?)
Yes, I think it has been improved. Thanks!
- Grustaf 4y ago> original Roman cursive spelling This I think indicates that you misunderstand what "spelling" means. Casing is unrelated to spelling. "Lvtetia" and "LVTETIA", and indeed "lUtETia" are using the same spelling. > Later, people decided to use both versions together, using letters like L, V, T, E in the beginning of sentences and names; and letters like l, u, t, e elsewhere. This only happened much later, and does not concern Classical Latin.