Sermo Vulgaris
E13982
Sermo Vulgaris is the informal, everyday spoken form of Latin from which the Romance languages evolved.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sermo Vulgaris canonical | 1 |
| Sermo Vulgaris Latinus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T126397 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sermo Vulgaris Context triple: [Vulgar Latin, alternativeName, Sermo Vulgaris]
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A.
Roman Catechism
The Roman Catechism is an authoritative manual of Catholic doctrine, commissioned in the 16th century to systematically explain the faith in response to the Protestant Reformation.
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B.
Mens et Manus
Mens et Manus is the Latin motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, expressing the union of mind and hand in the pursuit of knowledge and practical application.
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C.
Ancrene Wisse
Ancrene Wisse is an early 13th-century Middle English devotional and instructional guide written for female religious recluses (anchoresses), notable for its spiritual counsel and insight into medieval religious life.
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D.
Discourses on Davila
Discourses on Davila is a series of political essays by John Adams analyzing the causes of social and political instability, particularly in the context of the French Revolution and republican government.
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E.
Magnalia Christi Americana
Magnalia Christi Americana is Cotton Mather’s extensive early 18th-century ecclesiastical history of New England, detailing its religious leaders, institutions, and providential events.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sermo Vulgaris Target entity description: Sermo Vulgaris is the informal, everyday spoken form of Latin from which the Romance languages evolved.
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A.
Roman Catechism
The Roman Catechism is an authoritative manual of Catholic doctrine, commissioned in the 16th century to systematically explain the faith in response to the Protestant Reformation.
-
B.
Mens et Manus
Mens et Manus is the Latin motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, expressing the union of mind and hand in the pursuit of knowledge and practical application.
-
C.
Ancrene Wisse
Ancrene Wisse is an early 13th-century Middle English devotional and instructional guide written for female religious recluses (anchoresses), notable for its spiritual counsel and insight into medieval religious life.
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D.
Discourses on Davila
Discourses on Davila is a series of political essays by John Adams analyzing the causes of social and political instability, particularly in the context of the French Revolution and republican government.
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E.
Magnalia Christi Americana
Magnalia Christi Americana is Cotton Mather’s extensive early 18th-century ecclesiastical history of New England, detailing its religious leaders, institutions, and providential events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical language stage
ⓘ
spoken language ⓘ variety of Latin ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Vulgar Latin
ⓘ
sermo cotidianus ⓘ sermo plebeius ⓘ sermo vulgaris Latinus ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Catalan
ⓘ
French ⓘ Galician language ⓘ
surface form:
Galician
Italian ⓘ Occitan ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Vulgar Latin ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Romance
Romance languages ⓘ Romanian language ⓘ
surface form:
Romanian
Sardinians ⓘ
surface form:
Sardinian
Spanish ⓘ |
| contrastWith |
Latin
ⓘ
surface form:
Classical Latin
Latin ⓘ
surface form:
Literary Latin
|
| developedFrom |
Latin
ⓘ
surface form:
Classical Latin
Old Latin ⓘ |
| extinctionPeriod | early Middle Ages ⓘ |
| feature |
development of definite and indefinite articles
ⓘ
greater use of analytic verb forms ⓘ increased use of prepositions ⓘ lexical differences from Classical Latin ⓘ loss of quantity distinction in vowels in many areas ⓘ phonological simplification ⓘ reduction of synthetic passive forms ⓘ simplified case system ⓘ |
| influencedBy | substrate languages in Roman provinces ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European languages
ⓘ
Italic languages ⓘ |
| notableSource |
Pompeian graffiti
ⓘ
late Latin inscriptions ⓘ non-literary papyri ⓘ |
| register |
colloquial
ⓘ
informal ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
common people of the Roman Empire
ⓘ
merchants in the Roman Empire ⓘ rural populations in Roman provinces ⓘ soldiers of the Roman army ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Late Antiquity
ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ Late Roman Republic ⓘ
surface form:
late Roman Republic
|
| usedInRegion |
Africa Proconsularis
ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
surface form:
Dacia
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Roman Empire
Gaul ⓘ Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
surface form:
Hispania
Illyricum ⓘ Italy ⓘ Western Roman Empire ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sermo Vulgaris Description of subject: Sermo Vulgaris is the informal, everyday spoken form of Latin from which the Romance languages evolved.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sermo Vulgaris Latinus