Disputatio:Petrus Lellouche

Nomen Pierre est?[fontem recensere]

Hi! Sorry, I don't speak latin. Why is this guy called "Petrus" and not Pierre here? -- seth (disputatio) 16:48, 10 Iunii 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Because it is traditional, in writing Latin, to use the Latin version of a person's first name. "Petrus" is the Latin version of the French name "Pierre". Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 16:55, 10 Iunii 2012 (UTC)[reply]

See, for example, Gulielmus Shakesperius and Baracus Obama. IacobusAmor (disputatio) 17:11, 10 Iunii 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What about Elizabeth? :-) Neander (disputatio) 17:29, 10 Iunii 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Didn't she command us to call her Elizabeth in Latin, and don't we obey the royal command? ;) IacobusAmor (disputatio) 17:31, 10 Iunii 2012 (UTC)[reply]

More than that, she wrote (or her amanuenses wrote) her name as "Elizabeth" in Latin contexts, most visibly in coin legends ("Elizabeth Dei gratia regina" etc.). Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 09:25, 29 Ianuarii 2024 (UTC)[reply]