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3 unusual facts about Latinisation of names


Bernard of Utrecht

Bernard of Utrecht (also Bernard d'Utrecht, Latinised Bernardus Ultrajectensis) was a cleric of the late eleventh century, known for an allegorical commentary on the Ecloga of Theodulus, a standard Latin school text.

Dionysius Periegetes

Dionysius Periegetes (Διονύσιος ὁ Περιηγητής, literally Dionysius the Voyager or Traveller, often Latinized to Dionysius Periegeta) was the author of a description of the then-known world in Greek hexameter verse.

Latinisation

Latinisation of names, a literary practice of writing a name in a Latin style when writing in Latin


Laudine

The name Laudine is generally associated with Lodonensis (or Laudonensis), a Latinized form of the toponym Lothian.


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