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Editorial note

He published it in latin, and the text was lost until 1984.

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Quick take

any dialect of the language of ancient Rome

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of latin gathered in one view.

noun

any dialect of the language of ancient Rome

noun

an inhabitant of ancient Latium

noun

a person who is a member of those peoples whose languages derived from Latin

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for latin.

noun

any dialect of the language of ancient Rome

See also: Latin

noun

an inhabitant of ancient Latium

See also: Latin

noun

a person who is a member of those peoples whose languages derived from Latin

See also: Latin

adjective

of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language; "Latin verb conjugations"

See also: Latin

adjective

relating to people or countries speaking Romance languages; "Latin America"

See also: Latin

adjective

relating to languages derived from Latin; "Romance languages"

adjective

of or relating to the ancient region of Latium; "Latin towns"

See also: Latin

Example sentences

He published it in latin, and the text was lost until 1984.

I grew up in a barrio, which is a latin ghetto. Junked cars in front lawns, domestic disturbances every night, shootings, drugs, all of that stuff.

> Japanese doesnt have italics or capital letters which limits the opportunities for adding visual punch that you get with latin alphabets Italics and capital letters have little or nothing to do with how 'Western' web layouts are generally created, and are far from the only way to create emphasis or hierarchy in text. > Language Barrier...

Proper noun examples

It is in the Latin Extended-B block, which contains among other mysteries, about half of the latin letters with strokes. I'd love to see a "Unicode: What where they thinking?"