Thesaurus: latin
Of or pertaining to Latium, or to the Latins, a people of Latium; Roman; as, the Latin language.
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Definitions
- a. Of or pertaining to Latium, or to the Latins, a people of Latium; Roman; as, the Latin language.
- a. Of, pertaining to, or composed in, the language used by the Romans or Latins; as, a Latin grammar; a Latin composition or idiom.
- n. A native or inhabitant of Latium; a Roman.
- n. The language of the ancient Romans.
- n. An exercise in schools, consisting in turning English into Latin.
- n. A member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- v. t. To write or speak in Latin; to turn or render into Latin.
- adj. of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language
- adj. relating to people or countries speaking Romance languages
- adj. relating to languages derived from Latin
- adj. of or relating to the ancient region of Latium
- n. any dialect of the language of ancient Rome