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PawełMadejski
MariaCurie-SkłodowskaUniversity,Lublin
LatinintheContemporaryPolish
“StreetEpigraphy”*
Abstract:Thecontemporarygraffiti-phenomenonhasbecomeasubjectofintensiveresearch.With-
inthisscopeofinterestLatingraffiti,morewidelyunderstoodas“streetepigraphy,”hasnotbeen
focusedoninparticular.Thepresentessayoffersapreliminarystudyofsuchinscriptions(including
graffiti,tattoos,labels,advertisements).Theyusuallyexploitrecurrentquotations,oftencitedwith
grammaticalerrors.Theinscriptionsassuchbelongtoawiderstockofpopularculture.
Keywords:Latin,epigraphy,streetepigraphy,reception,tattoos,graffiti,labels
Introduction
ThelanguageoftheancientRomansisinseparablyassociatedwiththeepi-
graphicevidence.InPoland,fromtheMiddleAgesuptotheendofthe
18thcentury,Latinepitaphsandotherinscriptionsoutnumberedtheonesincised
inPolishlanguage.However,overtimeLatinnearlycompletelydisappearedfrom
Polishepigraphy.Thisprocessisstillwaitingforaproperscientifictreatment.
ClassicalGreeklanguagealwaysplayedamarginalroleinPolishepigraphy(but
onecanfindsomeinterestingcases1).
*ThepresentcontributionwaswrittenbeforeaFacebookgroupInvestigatoresInscriptionum
(https://www.facebook.com/groups/investigatores.inscriptionum)hasbeenfounded.Thisiswhy
Ihavenotexploitedthedatacollectedbythegroup.
1Forexample,T.Derda,A.Łajtar:“EpigrafikgreckinaPowązkach:epitafiumksięciaGeor-
giosaMuruzisa(1804-1931).”In:Timai:studiapoświęconeprofesorowiWłodzimierzowiLengau-
