Latin
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Etymology 1
From Middle English Latyn, Latyne, Latin, from Old French latin, latyn, from Latin latīnus, from Latium (“the region around Rome”) + -īnus (adjective suffix). Displaced or merged with Old English Lǣden. Doublet of Ladino.
Adjective
Latin (not comparable)
- Of or relating to Latin: the language spoken in ancient Rome and other cities of Latium.
- 1948, L. E. Elliott-Binns, The Beginnings of Western Christendom, page 257:
- Africa was the natural leader because there the number of Christians who were of Roman origin and Latin speech was probably far greater than in so cosmopolitan a city as Rome.
- Of or relating to the script of the language spoken in ancient Rome and many modern alphabets.
- Synonym: Roman
- 1968, Mladen Bošnjak, A Study of Slavic Incunabula, page 62:
- The Serbo-Croatian incunabula printed in Latin letters are indubitably the products of a very modest establishment.
- Of or relating to ancient Rome or its Empire.
- Synonym: Roman
- 2000, T. M. Charles-Edwards, Early Christian Ireland, page 176:
- The earliest Latin culture of Ireland was heavily indebted to that of Britain […]
- Of or relating to Latium (modern Lazio), the region around Rome.
- Synonym: Latian
- 1913, Oscar Browning, A General History of the World, page 151:
- From the Campagna and the Latin hills, the flame of rebellion spread to Antium and Terracina, and to the most remote allies of the Romans, the cities of the Campanian plains.
- Of or relating to the customs and people descended from the ancient Romans and their Empire.
- Synonym: Romance
- 2002, Dean Foster, The Global Etiquette Guide to Mexico and Latin America, page 11:
- Therefore, although Portugal is a Latin culture, the significant African influence in Brazil creates a culture that cannot be defined simply as Latin; consequently, Brazilians prefer to define themselves as South American […]
- Of or from Latin America or of Latin American culture.
- Synonyms: Latin American, Latino
- 2008, Michael Miller, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music History, page 254:
- As such, today's Latin music is a synthesis of European, African, and the few indigenous elements that remain.
- (Christianity) Roman Catholic; of or pertaining to the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church.
- Synonyms: Catholic, Roman, Roman Catholic
- 1901, John Hackett, A History of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus, page 117:
- The Latin bishop now took the Greek bishop by the hand and conducted him to his throne […]
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Latin.
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Translations
of the language
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of the script
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of ancient Rome
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of Latium
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of descendants from ancient Romans
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of/from Latin America
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Roman Catholic — see Roman Catholic
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Etymology 2
From Middle English Latin, Latyn, from Old English Lǣden, from Vulgar Latin *ladinum (“Latin”) and Old French latin (“Latin”); all from Latin Latinus (“belonging to Latium”). Later influenced in form by the Latin word. Compare Dutch Latijn (“Latin”), German Latein (“Latin”), Swedish Latin (“Latin”).
Proper noun
Latin (countable and uncountable, plural Latins)
- (uncountable) The language of the ancient Romans, other Latins and of the Roman Catholic church, especially Classical Latin.
- 1799, Edward Dubois, A Piece of Family Biography, volume II, page 20:
- Supper being over, the lawyer took his leave, and the doctor began to ſound the learned clerk reſpecting his proficiency in the dead languages. "As to dead languages," replied the ſchoolmafter, "I was once a vaſt pretty ſcholar indeed, but want of exercise has made me main ſlack—I can't get over my ground as I uſed to do. Then as to the t'other dead fellow, I could never greek it at all, that's flat. And, Lord bleſs you! my Latin is of no more uſe to me here than—than—" Here he ſtuck for want of a ſimile; when Mr. Le Dupe helped him out by ſaying, "that it is to a young man at college, where it is conſidered a pedantic inſult, and an unpardonable bore, to utter a Latin ſentence."
- 2003, Natalie Harwood, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Latin, 2nd edition, page 13:
- When the Christian Church rose in stature in the Dark Ages, its adoption of Latin as the official language assured its eternal life.
- 2010, Elizabeth Heimbach, A Roman Map Workbook, page 134:
- Like Copernicus and Galileo, Johannes Kepler was a renowned astronomer who wrote in Latin.
- The Latin alphabet or writing system.
- (printing) The nonsense placeholder text (often based on real Latin) used in greeking.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Latin.
Hyponyms
- (varieties of Latin) Latin; Biblical Latin, Classical Latin, Church Latin / Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin, Low Latin, Medieval Latin / Middle Latin, New Latin / Neo-Latin, Old Latin, Recent Latin / Contemporary Latin, Renaissance Latin, Vulgar Latin
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language of the ancient Romans
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a script or alphabet
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Noun
Latin (plural Latins)
- (historical) A person native to ancient Rome or its Empire.
- Synonym: Roman
- 1833, Philipp Buttmann, translated by Edward Robinson, A Greek grammar for the use of high schools and universities, page 23:
- This appears incontestably from the manner in which the Latins wrote Greek words and names […]
- (historical) A member of an Italic tribe that included the early inhabitants of the city of Rome, and from about 1000 BC inhabited the region known as Old Latium.
- A person from one of the modern European countries (including Italy, Spain etc.) whose language is descended from Latin.
- 1933, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, 'All I Survey': a book of essays, page 148:
- No; the test of the contrast between modern Latins and modern Teutons is exactly like the test of the contrast between modern Latins and ancient Latins.
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 760:
- Latins are always conspicuously dangerous when they are serving an unpopular cause for money.
- A person from Latin America.
- Synonyms: Latin American, Latino
- 1922, William Edmund Aughinbaugh, Advertising for trade in Latin-America, page 150:
- In the use of patent medicine the average Latin resembles the American of fifty years ago, who generally had a bottle of some concoction on which he depended whenever he felt out of sorts.
- (Christianity) A person adhering to Roman Catholic practice.
- Synonyms: Catholic, Roman, Roman Catholic
- 1853, William Palmer, Dissertations on Subjects Relating to the "Orthodox" or "Eastern-Catholic" Communion, page 118:
- The modern Latins have been in the habit of blaming the Greek and other Eastern Liturgies for not consecrating by the recital of OUR SAVIOUR'S words of Institution […]
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person native to ancient Rome or its Empire
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person whose native tongue is one descended from Latin
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person from Latin America — see also Latin American
person adhering to Roman Catholic practice
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See also
Etymology 3
Metonymic occupational surname for a Latinist, a clerk or keeper of Latin records, from Middle English Latyn. Compare Latimer.
Proper noun
Latin (plural Latins)
- A surname from Middle English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Latin is the 35246th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 639 individuals. Latin is most common among Black/African American (44.44%), White (37.09%) and Hispanic/Latino (15.34%) individuals.
Further reading
- ISO 639-1 code la, ISO 639-3 code lat (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Latin, lat
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Latin”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 400.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Noun
Latin m (plural Latins)
- Latin (resident or native of Latium)
- resident or native of a Romance country such as Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Romania, etc, whose language is derived from Latin
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Malay
Etymology
From Latin latīnus, from Latium (“the region around Rome”) + -īnus (“adjective suffix”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Latin
Maltese
Pronunciation
Noun
Il-Latin m
- Latin (language)
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English latin and Old French latin.
Adjective
Latin
- Alternative form of Latyn
Etymology 2
From Old English Latin and Old French latin.
Proper noun
Latin
- Alternative form of Latyn
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Làtīn m (Cyrillic spelling Ла̀тӣн)
- Latin (person native to ancient Rome or its Empire, descended from the ancient Romans or speaking a Romance language)
Declension
Declension of Latin
Tagalog
Etymology
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Noun
Latín (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜆᜒᜈ᜔)
- Latin (language)
- Latin (native of Ancient Rome)
- (colloquial) any incomprehensible language
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Further reading
- “Latin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018