Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
F., fr. L. Latinus, belonging to Latium, Latin, fr. Latium, a country of Italy, in which Rome was situated. Cf. Ladin Lateen sail, under Lateen
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
L. Latinus, belonging to Latium, the district round Rome.
In literature:
Latin he may have known as a boy, since the colony of Brundisium was founded B.C.
"The Student's Companion to Latin Authors" by George Middleton
The Latin language overspread the greater part of the Roman empire.
"A Handbook of the English Language" by Robert Gordon Latham
Each had a Latin word painted on it.
"The Saracen: Land of the Infidel" by Robert Shea
He parses and makes Latin rather better than common.
"The History of Dartmouth College" by Baxter Perry Smith
They began with Latin, as that gave a better foundation for all else.
"A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia" by Amanda Minnie Douglas
She wanted to learn Latin and Greek and French and mathematics.
"The Rainbow" by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
Latin wives, wherever ye may be, 400 Hearken!
"The Æneids of Virgil" by Virgil
It bears a very close affinity to Law Latin, with which, indeed, it is sometimes confounded.
"The Comic Latin Grammar" by Percival Leigh
In one of our colleges science students are required to take two years of Latin.
"College Teaching" by Paul Klapper
The scribes of the middle ages had much difficulty in this respect since medieval Latin is different from Apician language.
"Cooking and Dining in Imperial Rome" by Apicius
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In poetry:
"Needn't bother me,
Jolly well you know it;
Parceque je suis
Quartier Latin poet.
"Noctambule" by Robert W Service
Ivory milk, earth's coffee,
The white face of books
And the touch, feel, smell of paper —
Latin's lovely looks.
"Common Things" by Ivor Gurney
Tones that were fashioned when the faith brooded in darkness,
Joined with sonorous vowels in the noble Latin,
Now are married with the long-drawn Ojibwa,
Uncouth and mournful.
"Night Hymns On Lake Nipigon" by Duncan Campbell Scott
I'll be a priest, if you want it so,
I'll work till I have enough to go
And study Latin to say the prayers
On the rosary our old priest wears.
I wished to be a sailor too,
But I will give myself to you.
"Sancta Maria, Succurre Miseris" by Amy Lowell
"You now object as if afraid;
These points are answer'd soon as made:
Ne'er let a word of Latin fly
While any Latin scholar's by;
But, when he's absent, 'mong the mopes
Let borrow'd Latin fly in tropes.
"Receipt To Make A Priest" by William Hutton
Lady Gertrude.
No, no, I want that one.
Its ghost walks up and down inside my head,
But won't stand long enough to show itself.
You must talk Latin to it—sing it away,
Or when I'm ill, 'twill haunt me.
"Within and Without: Part IV: A Dramatic Poem" by George MacDonald
In news:
From big screen hunks and soccer studs to Latin singing sensations, these smokin' hot pops have given themselves some major competition -- by having children that end up looking just like them.
Latin Academy's ace pitcher Sam Steeves pitched in the Boston City League semifinal victory on Saturday afternoon against East Boston and won't be available for Monday's championship against North conference rival Boston English.
If this demographic's views at all mirror the sentiment in Latin American countries, President Barack Obama could be in trouble.
Think you know Latin America.
This company buys flowers from about 30 domestic growers and from suppliers in Holland, Israel, and Latin America.
A healthier Fidel Casto recently granted an audience with an American journalist and Latin America scholar, revealing his concerns with Cuba's economic system .
More than 1 million people of Cuban descent live in the United States and thousands more make their homes in Europe or Latin America.
Variety of New Latin Music Sites Seek English-Speaking Audience.
WHEN Ricky Martin swiveled his hips at the 1999 Grammys, he set off a tide of Latin pop record sales in this country.
Dear Ask a Mexican, What is the best Latin club in Dallas.
'Latin Views' exhibition proves expansive and innovative.
Latin America to account for 29% of installations 2013-2017.
According to the official Zumba website (www.zumba.com), 12 million people from 110,000 locations in 125 countries participate in the Latin-inspired dance fitness classes.
"Yesterday (Thursday), a document arrived from the United States, rejecting the extradition of people who have done a lot of damage to Bolivia," leftist Morales, an outspoken critic of US foreign policy in Latin America, said in a speech.
Latin America leaders back Argentina over Falkland Islands stand-off.
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In science:
Lie algebra so(3, R) or so(3, C ), and the lower case latin indices i range from one to three.
Quantum general invariance and loop gravity
For example, the operations x + y (mod n), x − y (mod n) and x ⊕ y are Latin square operations.
Guaranteeing the diversity of number generators
Moreover, every group operation is a Latin square operation, and if x ⋆ y is a Latin square operation and P , Q, Z are permutations, then Z (P (x) ⋆ Q(y )) is a Latin square operation.
Guaranteeing the diversity of number generators
We shall use big Latin letters for not reduced weights, small Latin letters for rubbish weights, and numbers for twisting weights.
Hermitian Characteristics of Nilpotent Elements
In the present convention, Latin indices are never raised.
General Spherically Symmetric Non Singular Black Hole Solutions in Teleparallel Theory of Gravitation
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