latin

Plural

latins

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.Of or relating to the script of the language spoken in ancient Rome and many modern alphabets.

   • The Serbo-Croatian incunabula printed in Latin letters are indubitably the products of a very modest establishment.

2. 2.Of or relating to ancient Rome or its Empire.

3. 3.Of or relating to Latium (modern Lazio), the region around Rome.

   • From the Campagna and the Latin hills, the flame of rebellion spread to Antium and Terracina, and to the most remote allies of the Romans, the cities of the Campanian plains.

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

   • 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.

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A person adhering to Roman Catholic practice.

2. 2.A person from one of the modern European countries (including Italy, Spain etc.) whose language is descended from Latin.

   • Latins are always conspicuously dangerous when they are serving an unpopular cause for money.
   • No; the test of the contrast between modern Latins and modern Teutons is exactly like the test of the contrast between modern Latins and ancient Latins.

3. 3.A person from Latin America.

   • In the use of patent medicine the average Latin resembles the American of fifty years ago, who generally had a bottle of some concoction on which he depended whenever he felt out of sorts.

Overall

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By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Rare

General reading & writing

Uncommon

Academic

Uncommon

Literature

Rare