Latin

• WordNet 3.6
  • adj Latin of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language "Latin verb conjugations"
  • adj Latin of or relating to the ancient region of Latium "Latin towns"
  • adj Latin relating to languages derived from Latin "Romance languages"
  • adj Latin relating to people or countries speaking Romance languages "Latin America"
  • n Latin any dialect of the language of ancient Rome
  • n Latin a person who is a member of those peoples whose languages derived from Latin
  • n Latin an inhabitant of ancient Latium
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• Interesting fact: The 20th president of the United States James Garfield could write Greek with one hand and Latin with the other at the same time
• • Latin (Eccl) A member of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • Latin A native or inhabitant of Latium; a Roman.
  • Latin An exercise in schools, consisting in turning English into Latin.
  • Latin Of or pertaining to Latium, or to the Latins, a people of Latium; Roman; as, the Latin language.
  • Latin Of, pertaining to, or composed in, the language used by the Romans or Latins; as, a Latin grammar; a Latin composition or idiom.
  • Latin The language of the ancient Romans.
  • v. t Latin To write or speak in Latin; to turn or render into Latin.
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• Interesting fact: During the Roman times, people used urine, called lotium in Latin, as a hair product
• • Latin Of, pertaining to, or derived from ancient Latium or its inhabitants: as, the Latin cities; the Latin wars; the Latin language.
  • Latin Pertaining to or having affinity with the ancient Latins in the wider sense of the word: so applied from the spread of the language and civilization of the people of Latium throughout Italy and the Roman empire: as, the Latin races of southern Europe; the Latin arts.
  • Latin Relating or pertaining to, or composed in, the language of the ancient Latins or Romans: as, a Latin idiom; a Latin poem. See II., 3.
  • Latin The Roman Catholic Church.
  • Latin Synonyms See Roman.
  • n Latin A member of the race that inhabited ancient Latium in central Italy, including Rome; afterward, one to whom the Latin language was vernacular; an ancient Roman, Italian, etc.
  • n Latin In modern application, a member of one of the races ethnically and linguistically related to the ancient Romans or Italians, by descent or intermixture: as, the Latins of Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal.
  • n Latin The language of ancient Rome; the language originally spoken in Latium, and afterward extended over all the integral parts of the Roman empire in Europe, which is the basis of the modern Romance languages (see Romance), and has supplied the greater part in bulk of the vocabulary of modern English (see English). Latin belongs to the Italican branch of the Indo-European or Aryan family, together with Oscan, Umbrian, and other dialects of which hardly any remains are extant. Its nearer relations with the other branches of the family are matters of doubt and dispute. It was formerly, on insufficient grounds, believed especially akin with Greek; more recently, it has been thought closer to Celtic. Latin, with its literature, is divided chronologically into several periods—in this dictionary, in the etymologies, into five, namely Old Latin, Classical Latin, Late. Latin, Middle Latin, and New Latin. See below.
  • n Latin A member of the Latin or Roman Catholic Church: the designation most frequently used by Greek Catholics and other Oriental Christians for Roman Catholics.
  • n Latin A member of a civil community in Turkey composed of such subjects of the Sultan as are of foreign ancestry and of the Roman Catholic faith.
  • n Latin An exercise in schools, consisting in turning English into Latin.
  • n Latin The divisions and periods of the Latin vary more or less with different writers. As generally adopted, and as somewhat more precisely discriminated in this dictionary and systematically followed in the etymologies, they are here defined in chronological order:
  • n Latin Abbreviated L. or Lat.
  • Latin To turn into Latin; interlard with Latin.
  • Latin To use Latin words or phrases.
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• Interesting fact: Latin Americans have two last names.
• • adj Latin lat′in pertaining to ancient Latium (esp. Rome) or its inhabitants, also to all races claiming affinity with the Latins by language, race, or civilisation: written or spoken in Latin
  • n Latin an inhabitant of ancient Latium: a member of a modern race ethnically or linguistically related to the ancient Romans or Italians: the language of ancient Rome—the foundation of the modern Romance tongues: a member of the Latin or Roman Catholic Church
  • Latin Latin as written between 1500 and the present time, mostly used as a scientific medium
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• Plutarch

  

  “They named it Ovation from the Latin ovis [A Sheep].”
• Billie Burke

  

  “To survive there, you need the ambition of a Latin-American revolutionary, the ego of a grand opera tenor, and the physical stamina of a cow pony.”
• Heinrich Heine

  

  “If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin they would never have found time to conquer the world.”
• Ronald Reagan

  

  “Status quo, you know, that is Latin for the mess we're in.”
• Hilaire Belloc

  

  “Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the vulgar stuff alone.”
• Josh Billings

  

  “There is a significant Latin proverb; to wit: Who will guard the guards?”

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