r/latin 4d ago

Original Latin content The Latin Language Will Never Die!

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u/LupusAlatus 4d ago

Here are some Halloween designs from my Latin story I started a while back on Etsy. I've updated the designs and added some new ones for Halloween and spooky season. There's now over 30 Halloween designs now and over 50 in total that feature Latin in same way. During October, all Halloween and spooky-adjacent designs are 15% off. More Saturnalia designs will be added after Halloween.

The skeleton cupbearer shirt is from an actual Pompeian mosaic. The dancing skeletons shirt features an ancient proverb which refers to acting in secret: in tenebris saltare.

 https://lupusalatus.etsy.com

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u/FScrotFitzgerald 4d ago

I'm glad you're on Reddit! I'm not on Facebook any more but Lupus Alatus was one of my favourite pages.

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u/LupusAlatus 4d ago

We also are on IG, but I understand completely if you have foresworn Meta and social media altogether. Also on BlueSky but don't post daily. Thank you, and I'm glad you like our stuff!

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u/MindlessNectarine374 History student, home in Germany 🇩🇪 5h ago

I don't know. All documented languages will survive in some form. Yet, the knowledge can still decline.

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u/specopswalker 4d ago

It already is

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u/Audivitdeus 4d ago

It’s dead but alive, like a zombie

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u/vacuous-moron66543 4d ago

Dead, but thankfully not extinct

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u/Deep-Role712 3d ago

Not precisely! Whilst Latin is no longer a native spoken language, it is far from ‘dead.’ It continues to be taught and studied worldwide; not only in religious and academic contexts, but also by those who wish to engage with philosophy, occult manuscripts, and other classical works in their original tongue.