Disputatio:Aquila (Italia)
Suggest moving this to Aquila--Ioshus Rocchio 02:34, 9 Martii 2006 (UTC)
- But it is called "L'Aquila" in Italian. :-) I don't think it would be appropriate to rename it. Unfortunately, I know of no latin language documents referring to it after 1939 (before that it was just called Aquila). I'll have to check on the bulletin of the Diochesis.
- --Lou Crazy 02:28, 27 Aprilis 2006 (UTC)
- Yes it certainly is called l'aquila in italian. This is a latin encyclopedia, however, and the general trend is to latinize whenever possible. The definite article in all the romance languages derive from the latin demonstrative pronouns, cf el/il to ille, la to illa, los/las to illas/illas, gli/le illi/illae. So illa would be the appropriate corresponding form here. Further, apostrophes are not existent in most latin orthography. In this case though (it being an italian city, for a long time in the catholic realm), if the church has a proper name for it, we should consider letting their precedent stand, as leary as I am to let any of their precedents stand. I just dislike the look of L'Aquila as a latin nomen.--Ioshus Rocchio 02:56, 27 Aprilis 2006 (UTC)
- I think this should be moved to Aquila (Italia), because there will soon be a page for the Finnish city, Kotka (also latinised as "Aquila" - which I guess would be named as "Aquila (Finnia)"). Harrissimo.
- Yes it certainly is called l'aquila in italian. This is a latin encyclopedia, however, and the general trend is to latinize whenever possible. The definite article in all the romance languages derive from the latin demonstrative pronouns, cf el/il to ille, la to illa, los/las to illas/illas, gli/le illi/illae. So illa would be the appropriate corresponding form here. Further, apostrophes are not existent in most latin orthography. In this case though (it being an italian city, for a long time in the catholic realm), if the church has a proper name for it, we should consider letting their precedent stand, as leary as I am to let any of their precedents stand. I just dislike the look of L'Aquila as a latin nomen.--Ioshus Rocchio 02:56, 27 Aprilis 2006 (UTC)