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		+	These are the rules that we follow for writing Latin in this wiki.
−	These are the rules that we follow for Latin orthography in this wiki:
		+	==Italics==
−	* The letter "U" is used to represent the vowel written "V" by the Romans, while the letter "V" is used for the consonant written "V" by the Romans. For example:	+	Latin words used in articles which are not written in Latin are placed in ''italics''. For example:
−	"Clámor ad cael'''u'''m '''v'''ol'''v'''end'''u'''s per aetherá '''v'''ágit."	+	:There is also a not entirely clear tradition about ''senacula'', of which there were said to have been three, one on the Capitol by the temple of Concord, one by the temple of Bellona, and one at the ''porta Capena''.
−	(Q. Ennius, annales, fr. 421 W.)	+	:(Andrew Lintott, ''The Constitution Of The Roman Republic'', p.73)
−	* The letter "I" is used to represent both the vowel and the consonant written "I" by the Romans; the letter "J" is not used. For example:	+	==U and V==
		+	The letter "U" is used to represent the vowel written "V" by the Romans, while the letter "V" is used for the consonant written "V" by the Romans. For example:
−	"Comés '''ií'''s add'''i'''tus L. '''I'''ún'''i'''us Brútus Tarqu'''i'''n'''i'''á soróre rég'''i'''s nátus, '''i'''uven'''i'''s longe al'''i'''us '''i'''ngen'''ií''', quam cu'''i'''us s'''i'''mulát'''i'''ónem '''i'''nduerat."
−	(T. Livius, ab urbe condita, 1.57.7)	+	:Clámor ad cael'''u'''m '''v'''ol'''v'''end'''u'''s per aetherá '''v'''ágit.
		+	:(Q. Ennius, ''annales'', fr. 421 W.)
−	* In continuous passages of Latin, ''apices'' are used to mark long vowels; but this is not done when Latin names, words, or phrases are used in English sentences. For example:
		+	==I and J==
−	"'Est igitur,' inquit Afric'''á'''nus, 'r'''é'''s p'''ú'''blica r'''é'''s popul'''í''', populus autem n'''ó'''n omnis hominum coetus qu'''ó'''qu'''ó''' mod'''ó''' congreg'''á'''tus, sed coetus multit'''ú'''dinis i'''ú'''ris c'''ó'''nsens'''ú''' et '''ú'''tilit'''á'''tis comm'''ú'''ni'''ó'''ne soci'''á'''tus.'"	+	The letter "I" is used to represent both the vowel and the consonant written "I" by the Romans; the letter "J" is not used. For example:
−	(M. Tullius Cicero, de re publica, 1.25.39)	+
		+	:Comés '''ií'''s add'''i'''tus L. '''I'''ún'''i'''us Brútus Tarqu'''i'''n'''i'''á soróre rég'''i'''s nátus, '''i'''uven'''i'''s longe al'''i'''us '''i'''ngen'''ií''', quam cu'''i'''us s'''i'''mulát'''i'''ónem '''i'''nduerat.
		+
		+	:(T. Livius, ''ab urbe condita'', 1.57.7)
		+
		+
		+	==''Apices''==
		+
		+	In continuous passages of Latin, ''apices'' are used to mark long vowels; but this is not done when Latin names, words, or phrases are used in English sentences. For example:
		+
		+
		+	:"Est igitur," inquit Afric'''á'''nus, "r'''é'''s p'''ú'''blica r'''é'''s popul'''í''', populus autem n'''ó'''n omnis hominum coetus qu'''ó'''qu'''ó''' mod'''ó''' congreg'''á'''tus, sed coetus multit'''ú'''dinis i'''ú'''ris c'''ó'''nsens'''ú''' et '''ú'''tilit'''á'''tis comm'''ú'''ni'''ó'''ne soci'''á'''tus."
		+
		+	:(M. Tullius Cicero, ''de re publica'', 1.25.39)

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These are the rules that we follow for writing Latin in this wiki.

Contents 1 Italics 2 U and V 3 I and J 4 Apices

Italics

Latin words used in articles which are not written in Latin are placed in italics. For example:

There is also a not entirely clear tradition about senacula, of which there were said to have been three, one on the Capitol by the temple of Concord, one by the temple of Bellona, and one at the porta Capena.

(Andrew Lintott, The Constitution Of The Roman Republic, p.73)

U and V

The letter "U" is used to represent the vowel written "V" by the Romans, while the letter "V" is used for the consonant written "V" by the Romans. For example:

Clámor ad caelum volvendus per aetherá vágit.

(Q. Ennius, annales, fr. 421 W.)

I and J

The letter "I" is used to represent both the vowel and the consonant written "I" by the Romans; the letter "J" is not used. For example:

Comés iís additus L. Iúnius Brútus Tarquiniá soróre régis nátus, iuvenis longe alius ingenií, quam cuius simulátiónem induerat.

(T. Livius, ab urbe condita, 1.57.7)

Apices

In continuous passages of Latin, apices are used to mark long vowels; but this is not done when Latin names, words, or phrases are used in English sentences. For example:

"Est igitur," inquit Africánus, "rés pública rés populí, populus autem nón omnis hominum coetus quóquó modó congregátus, sed coetus multitúdinis iúris cónsensú et útilitátis commúnióne sociátus."

(M. Tullius Cicero, de re publica, 1.25.39)