Latin

Definition

Of or relating to Latin: the language spoken in ancient Rome and other cities of Latium.

Etymology

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 Ladin and Ladino.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "The Serbo-Croatian incunabula printed in Latin letters are indubitably the products of a very modest establishment."
• "The earliest Latin culture of Ireland was heavily indebted to that of Britain[…]"