Latin

[ lat-n ]

/ ˈlæt n /

noun

an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L

one of the forms of literary Latin, as Medieval Latin, Late Latin, Biblical Latin, or Liturgical Latin, or of nonclassical Latin, as Vulgar Latin.

a native or inhabitant of Latium; an ancient Roman.

a member of any of the Latin peoples, or those speaking chiefly Romance languages, especially a native of or émigré from Latin America.

a member of the Latin Church; a Roman Catholic, as distinguished from a member of the Greek Church.

adjective

denoting or pertaining to those peoples, as the Italians, French, Spanish, Portuguese, etc., using languages derived from Latin, especially the peoples of Central and South America: a meeting of the Latin republics.

of or relating to the Latin Church.

of or relating to Latium, its inhabitants, or their language.

of or relating to the Latin alphabet.

Origin of Latin

before 950; Middle English, Old English < Latin Latīnus. See Latium, -ine¹

OTHER WORDS FROM Latin

an·ti-Lat·in, adjective non-Lat·in, adjective, noun pre-Lat·in, adjective, noun pro-Lat·in, adjective

qua·si-Lat·in, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for latin

It dates to 1740s Britain and of course was written originally in Latin (“Adeste Fideles”).

Yes, I Like Christmas Music. Stop Laughing. |Michael Tomasky |December 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Most Latin Americans celebrated the rapprochement between the United States and Cuba.

Venezuela Says Goodbye to Its Lil Friend, While the Rest of the Continent Cheers |Catalina Lobo-Guererro |December 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Similar stories plague many parts of Latin America, Africa, and Eastern Asia.

Promoting Girls’ Education Isn’t Enough: Malala Can Do More |Paula Kweskin |December 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In fact, beer prices in Panama are about 36 percent lower than anywhere else in Latin America.

House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama |Jeff Campagna |November 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Panamanians are by far the biggest beer consumers in Latin America, but not when it comes to the good stuff.

House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama |Jeff Campagna |November 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In the thirteenth century political poems were written chiefly in Latin or French.

Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose |Various
Some of them were carried abroad, and translated into Latin.

Notes and Queries, Number 73, March 22, 1851 |Various
With its use beginning in 1549, church services were to be held in English instead of Latin.

Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. |S. A. Reilly
The amount of Latin and Greek imparted to the students of that day was not very great.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 |Various
It is worth noticing that none of the vehicles mentioned has a Latin name, all being Gallic with perhaps one exception (plentum).

The Private Life of the Romans |Harold Whetstone Johnston

British Dictionary definitions for latin

Latin

/ (ˈlætɪn) /

noun

the language of ancient Rome and the Roman Empire and of the educated in medieval Europe, which achieved its classical form during the 1st century bc. Having originally been the language of Latium, belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European family, it later formed the basis of the Romance group See Late Latin, Low Latin, Medieval Latin, New Latin, Old Latin See also Romance

a member of any of those peoples whose languages are derived from Latin

an inhabitant of ancient Latium

adjective

of or relating to the Latin language, the ancient Latins, or Latium

characteristic of or relating to those peoples in Europe and Latin America whose languages are derived from Latin

of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church

denoting or relating to the Roman alphabet

Word Origin for Latin

Old English latin and læden Latin, language, from Latin Latīnus of Latium

Cultural definitions for latin

Latin

The language of ancient Rome. When Rome became an empire, the language spread throughout southern and western Europe.

notes for Latin

The modern Romance languages — French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and a few others — are all derived from Latin.

notes for Latin

During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Latin was the universal language of learning. Even in modern English, many scholarly, technical, and legal terms, such as per se and habeas corpus, retain their Latin form.

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