Early Latin

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Imprint of a fragment of the inscription on the Lapis Niger (6th or 5th century BC)

As early Latin is called the earliest, occupied only by a few inscriptions phase of Latin , which in 7./6. Century BC Began and until the middle of the 3rd century BC. Lasted.

Early Latin inscriptions

On the 7th century BC Fibula Praenestina originating in the 4th century BC does contain a text, but for a long time this was viewed by some scientists as a forgery from the 19th century. In the meantime, however, doubts about its authenticity have been dispelled.

Apart from this (and the Vetusia inscription), the DUENOS inscription on a vase is from the first half of the 6th century BC. The oldest known early Latin text today.

Other early Latin texts:

Further development

The early Latin is followed by the Old Latin phase, the beginning of which marks the oldest known literary work in Latin that has survived in only a few small fragments, the Latin translation of the Odyssey with the title " Odusia " composed by Livius Andronicus .

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Wiktionary: Spring Latin  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations