Acadēmīa:Latin conventions

This page explains the conventions for texts written in Latin. In general, the Acadēmīa follows a spelling convention based on current usage. Cases of doubt and deviations are documented and clarified here.

Letters

v and j

The letters v,j should be used to distinguish them from u and j. Deviating from this:

• the compounds "su", "gu", and "qu" should not be written as "sv", "gv", and "qv".
• j should not be doubled, if it is between two vowels (e.g. cūjus not cūjjus)
• In poetic texts or texts with metrical clauses, words should be written as the meter suggests (e.g., "Italjam" instead of "Italiam" in Virgil, Aeneid v. 2).