in the declension of years
81Old Swedish — Spoken in Sweden, Finland and Åland Era Evolved into Modern Swedish by the 16th century Language family Indo European Germanic …
82deterioration — deterioration, degeneration, devolution, decadence, decline, declension are comparable as meaning either the process of falling from a higher to a lower level or the state of a thing when such a falling has occurred. Deterioration is the least… …
83Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de — ▪ French political philosopher Introduction born January 18, 1689, Château La Brède, near Bordeaux, France died February 10, 1755, Paris French political philosopher whose major work, The Spirit of Laws, was a major contribution to… …
84Getica (Jordanes) — De origine actibusque Getarum (lit. The Origin and Deeds of the Getae but referring to the Goths, whom Jordanes considered Getae), [G. Costa, 32. Also: De Rebus Geticis : O. Seyffert, 329; De Getarum (Gothorum) Origine et Rebus Gestis : W. Smith …
85Instruction in Latin — Philosophical aimsAlthough Latin was once the universal academic language in Europe, academics no longer use it for writing papers or daily discourse. The Roman Catholic Church also modernized its religious liturgies (such as the Tridentine Mass) …
86Icelandic language — Icelandic íslenska Pronunciation [is(t)lɛnska] Spoken in Iceland, Denmark,[citation need …
87Royal and noble ranks — Emperor Empress King Queen Viceroy Vicereine …
88Gender-neutrality in languages with grammatical gender — implies promoting language usage which is balanced in its treatment of the genders. For example, advocates of gender neutral language challenge the traditional use of masculine nouns and pronouns ( man , businessman , he , and so on) when… …
89Elf — This article is about the mythical creature. For other uses, see Elf (disambiguation). An elf (plural elves) is a being of Germanic mythology. The elves were originally thought of as a race of divine beings (wights, vættir) endowed with magical… …
90Proto-Indo-European language — PIE redirects here. For other uses, see PIE (disambiguation). Indo European topics Indo European languages (list) Albanian · Armenian · Baltic Celtic · Germanic · Greek Indo Ira …
