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Book 2, subtitled ''De orthographia'' (On orthography), is an exposition of the many vernacular orthographies Luthic had, and eventual suggestions for a universal orthography.

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[[File:Þiudareico biagci.png|thumb|A portrait of Þiudareico Biagci by an unknown artist, ''c.'' 1653]]

'''Þiudareico Biagci''' (<small>Luthic:</small> [[IPA for Luthic|[θju.ð̞ɐˈʁi.xu ˈbjaŋ.k̟i]]]; ''c.'' 1611, [[w:Ravenna|Ravenna]] – September 14, 1672, [[w:Rome|Rome]], [[w:Papal States|Papal States]]) and often referred to as Theoderic, a common anglicisation, was a late mediaeval Luthic grammarian, poet, philosopher and writer. Þiudareico was an accomplished poet. Þiudareico wrote theological and grammatical tracts, enciclopaedias, and commentaries on the works of other philosophers and theologians. He displayed a sophisticated knowledge of Greek, Latin and Italian. Modern Luth scholars, such as Giuvanni Laggobardi, describe him as “an accomplished grammarian and poet, and one of the few Luth scholars of his time to have first-hand knowledge of Greek and Latin”.

Very little is known about Þiudareico’s early life. He was a disciple of [[w:Pope Leo XI|Pope Leo XI]] and spent time at Rome, although it is unknown how much time he spent in the Papal States. Þiudareico’s final days were spent in Rome, where he had been invited to stay in the city in 1665 by the [[w:Orsini family|Orsini family]]. Þiudareico died on Sempteber 14, 1672, aged about 61, by natural causes. He was attended by his two children, and possibly by the Orsini family, and by friends and admirers he had in the city.

Most of Þiudareico’s litery works were composed before his fixed abode in Rome. His most famous work is ''De Studio Linguæ Luthicæ'', first published on 9 September, 1657, written in Latin, however a later edition published on 27 December, 1662 was written in a language he called “Luthic”.

:* Action against: ''La þeina frescaþi scolȯ gadauþare þuc''. “Against/in opposition to your freedom I shall kill you”

Mostly of the Luthic idiomatic phrases are similar to mostly European languages idioms, mainly Italian and French. Luthic idioms are often about food or mocking the French people, but mostly because of the French government and its movements against minority people within its territory. Another factor is the Roman inherited culture, as the Roman elite considered the Germanic people savage and stupid (e.g. the word [[wikt:vandal#English|Vandal]], that can also stand for a person who needlessly destroys, defaces, or damages things, especially other people’s property; and [[wikt:Gothic#English|Gothic]] that also meant barbarous, rude, unpolished, belonging to the “[[w:Dark Ages (historiography)|Dark Ages]]”, mediaeval as opposed to classical; ultimately of Germanic origin, the name of two East Germanic tribes, but drastically semantic changed to sound pejorative). There were many Germanic raids against the Roman Empire, and a common weapon used back then by the West Germanic people were the javelins, the [[w:West Germanic languages#The reconstruction of Proto-West-Germanic|Common West Germanic]] word for javelin is [[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/frankō|*frankō]], which is also the name of the Frankish tribe (cf. Latin [[wikt:Francus#Latin|Francus]] and [[wikt:Francia#Latin|Francia]]). Luthic inherited the word “fragquese” [[IPA for Luthic|[fɾɐŋˈke.ze]]] from [[wikt:Francia#Latin|Francia]] + [[wikt:-ensis#Latin|-ensis]], ultimately meaning “French (language)”, “Frenchman, Frenchwoman” and "French (people)”, but also meaning “stupid, savage, useless” from a semantic change similar to Vandal and Gothic.

# La fame laþot pasta, agque si inu salsȧ: equivalent to [[wikt:desperate times call for desperate measures|desperate times call for desperate measures]]; literally, “Hunger calls for pasta, even if without sauce”.