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latin
has definitions from the fields of linguistics,Roman antiquity
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[ noun ] (linguistics,Roman antiquity) any dialect of the language of ancient Rome
Used in print (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)It has been my experience to find as many men as women in church , and to hear almost everyone in church congregations reciting the Latin prayers and responses at Mass . (J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)It was not even in writing Latin epigrams , sometimes bawdy ones , or in translating Lucian from Greek into Latin or in defending the study of Greek against the attack of conservative academics , or in attacking the conservative theologians who opposed Erasmus 's philological study of the New_Testament . It was not even in writing Latin epigrams , sometimes bawdy ones , or in translating Lucian from Greek into Latin or in defending the study of Greek against the attack of conservative academics , or in attacking the conservative theologians who opposed Erasmus 's philological study of the New_Testament . (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)`` That_much Latin we remember '' , Gibby said dryly . |
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[ adjective ] having or resembling the psychology or temper characteristic of people of Latin America
Examples "very Latin in temperament" "a Latin disdain" "his hot Latin blood" Used in print (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)He behaved publicly with a cocky , swaggering truculence that offended their vulpine Latin minds , and behaved towards them personally with an unimpressed insolence that enraged them beneath their blandness . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language
Examples "Latin verb conjugations" Used in print (Mignon G. Eberhart, The Cup, the Blade...)She eyed the chickens with , if she had known it , something of Glendora 's dismal look and thought with a certain fury of the time she had spent on Latin verbs . |
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[ noun ] an inhabitant of ancient Latium
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[ noun ] a person who is a member of those peoples whose languages derived from Latin
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[ adjective ] relating to people or countries speaking Romance languages
Examples "Latin America" Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 31651
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[ adjective ] of or relating to the ancient region of Latium
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