Capitolo 44
long independent lines up to that, in the sixth literary Latin century it is,
united in Latin popular and it disappears. The unity for the Latin language
this way it assured shortly lives, because in one century the differentiation
it starts what it produces the Romantic and actual languages.
You/he/she can interest some of the readers of this chapter to look on some
champions of the vulgar Latin from the various periods of his/her history.
(a) The first one is an extract of the Laws of the Twelve Tables. The
original document goes up again to the middle one some fifth century A.C., and
it shows us some of the characteristics of the Latin preliterary. The
not-periodic form, the omission of pronouns and the change of subject
it is especially well visible without notice.
"You in ius vocat, ito. Ni it, antestamino igitur em (= the eum) the understands one. You
struit of pedemve of calvitur, iacito of endo of manum (= the inicito). Aevitasve of morbus of You
(=aetasve) vitium escit, given iumentum: him nolet, sternito of of it of arceram."
[The illustration:
The 1 Latin of Preliterary.
The 2 vulgar Latin
The 3 literary Latin
4-8 the Romantic languages.
]
(b) This passage from one of the letters of Cicero to his/her brother (_ad Q.
fr._ 2, 3 2) you/he/she can illustrate the conversational and family style of a
gentleman in the first century A.C. it describes a harangue done by the
statesman Clodius to his/her partisans.
"Ille furens et exsanguis interrogabat suos in clamor ipso quis esset here
necaret of fame of plebem. Operae of Respondebant: 'Pompeius.' Vellent of anger of Quem.
Respondebant: 'Crassum.' It is aderat tum the mind of Miloni not the friend. Fere of Hora
ninth almost given signo Clodiani nostros consputare coeperunt. Exarsit
ache. Ut of illi of Vrgere nos crazy moverent."
(c) In the following passage, Petronius, 57 one of the freedmen to
The supper of Trimalchio blazes out in anger to an individual-guest which being born
it seems to him haughty. It shows a great a lot of the characteristics of
vulgar Latin that has been mentioned in this paper. The similarity of