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George Pisides
George of Pisidia ( gr, Γεώργιος Πισίδης, ''Geōrgios Pisidēs''; latinization of names, Latinized as ''Pisida'') was a Byzantine Empire, Byzantine poet, born in Pisidia, who flourished during the 7th century AD. From his poems we learn he was a Pisidian by birth, and a friend of Patriarch Sergius I of Constantinople and the Emperor Heraclius. He was a deacon, guardian of the sacred vessels, referendary, and ''chartophylax'' (keeper of the records) of the Hagia Sophia, church of St. Sophia. His works have been published in the original Greek with a Latin version. About five thousand verses of his poetry, most in trimetric iambics, have come down to us. His earliest work, in three cantos, is ''De expeditione Heraclii imperatoris contra Persas, libri tres'' on Heraclius' campaign against the Persian Empire#Sassanid Empire .28226.E2.80.93651.29, Persians in 622 (a campaign in which a relic purporting to be the True Cross, which the Persian Empire#Sassanid Empire .28 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latinization Of Names
Latinisation (or Latinization) of names, also known as onomastic Latinisation, is the practice of rendering a ''non''-Latin name in a Latin style. It is commonly found with historical proper names, including personal names and toponyms, and in the standard binomial nomenclature of the life sciences. It goes further than romanisation, which is the transliteration of a word to the Latin alphabet from another script (e.g. Cyrillic). For authors writing in Latin, this change allows the name to function grammatically in a sentence through declension. In a scientific context, the main purpose of Latinisation may be to produce a name which is internationally consistent. Latinisation may be carried out by: * transforming the name into Latin sounds (e.g. for ), or * adding Latinate suffixes to the end of a name (e.g. for '' Meibom),'' or * translating a name with a specific meaning into Latin (e.g. for Italian ; both mean 'hunter'), or * choosing a new name based on some attribute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
