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So it seems this is why "classical Latin" died out and "vulgar Latin" became the romance languages of today Because while "classical Latin" was capable of doin
by raverbashing 3y ago
So it seems this is why "classical Latin" died out and "vulgar Latin" became the romance languages of today
Because while "classical Latin" was capable of doing those antics, it was limited for day to day use. Phrasal and noun endings were complicated and wouldn't play well with day to day usage
- tragomaskhalos 3y agoYes it seems certain that classical Latin - and Greek - have come down to us in a written form that was fairly artificial; in Bodmer's wonderful phrasing, we can assume that "the crossword puzzles of Cicero" (ie the complex juggling about of words by relying on inflections) were eschewed in favour of a fixed word order when he was bawling out one of his slaves.