The Latinitas Foundation
Of the Vatican, home page in
Latine / Latin vel in
Anglice / English.
The Latinitas Foundation was established in 1976 by Pope Paul VI with the Pontifical Chirograph
Romani sermonis and it has the following objectives:
- to promote the study of the Latin language, classical literature and Medieval Latin;
- to promote the increased use of the Latin language by publishing texts in Latin and other suitable means.
Among other activities is the promotion of the
Lexicon recentis Latinitatis, an Italian-Latin list of words for the modern age. For instance:
instrumentum computatorium (computer),
radiophonium (radio),
pasta vermiculata (spaghetti), and
brevissimae bracae femineae (hot pants).