Lexicon recentis latinitatisOpus Fundatum "Latinitas."
Lexicon recentis latinitatis
by Opus Fundatum "Latinitas." · first published 2003
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…factor here--why are all the numbers in Roman numerals? Cultures around the world have adopted to Arabic numerals despite all having indigenous systems. I am aware that the Latinitas Foundation publises a Lexicon Recentis Latinitatis, and you can see a small portion of it on the Vatican website: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/institutions_connected/la.... The problem is that it simply has lemma in Italian and Latin explanations…
on “Latin as she is spoke: How classicists tricked themselves (2019)” ↗…and Latin is still the main official language of the Holy See. They even publish a Latin dictionary with modern vocabulary that contains words like smog, gangster, radar, telenovela and hand grenade ("Lexicon recentis Latinitatis"). There are other modern Latin dictionaries available online as well. There is a chance that your "bicycle" word came from that dictionary and your teacher just didn't know that. These words are no…
on “Why was cycling not included in the ancient Olympics? (2004) [pdf]” ↗