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An example of classical Latin verse
Virgil's Aeneid, Book 1, verses 1–4. Translation: "I sing of arms and the man, who, driven by fate, came first from the borders of Troy to Italy and the Lavinian shores; he was much afflicted both on lands and on the deep by the power of the gods, because of fierce Juno's vindictive wrath."

1. Ancient Roman orthography


 * ARMA VIRVMQVE CANO, TROIAE QVI PRIMUS AB ORIS
 * ITALIAM FATO PROFVGVS, LAVINAQVE VENIT
 * LITORA, MVLTVM ILLE ET TERRIS IACTATVS ET ALTO
 * VI SVPERVM, SAEVAE MEMOREM IVNONIS OB IRAM.

2. Traditional (19th Century) English orthography


 * Arma virumque cano, Trojae qui primus ab oris
 * Italiam, fato profugus, Lavinaque venit
 * Litora; multum ille et terris jactatus et alto
 * Vi superum, sævæ memorem Junonis ob iram.

3. Modern orthography with macrons (as Oxford Latin Dictionary)


 * Arma uirumque canō, Trōiae quī prīmus ab ōrīs
 * Ītaliam fātō profugus, Lāuīnaque uēnit
 * lītora, multum ille et terrīs iactātus et altō
 * uī superum, saeuae memorem Iūnōnis ob īram.

3. Ancient Roman pronunciation



Note the elision of the final vowels of mult(um) and ill(e) in the third line. For a fuller discussion of the prosodic features of this passage, see Latin poetry.

Mediaeval Latin
Beginning of Pange Lingua by St Thomas Aquinas (thirteenth century). Translation: "Extol, [my] tongue the mystery of the glorious body and the precious blood, which the fruit of a noble womb, the king of nations, poured out as the price of the world."

1. Traditional orthography as in Roman Catholic service books (stressed syllable marked with an acute accent on words of three syllables or more).


 * Pange lingua gloriósi
 * Córporis mystérium,
 * Sanguinísque pretiósi,
 * quem in mundi prétium
 * fructus ventris generósi
 * Rex effúdit géntium.

2. Ecclesiastical pronunciation ("Solesmes" version)




 * Dies iræ, dies illa,
 * Solvet sæclum in favilla:
 * Teste David cum Sibýlla.
 * Quantus tremor est futúrus,
 * Quando judex est ventúrus,
 * Cuncta stricte discussúrus.
 * Tuba mirum spargens sonum
 * Per sepúlcra regiónum,

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