Latin

Alternative forms

• latīnus

Adjective

Latīnus m ‎(feminine Latīna, neuter Latīnum); first/second declension

1. Latin; of or pertaining to the Latin language, people, or culture

Declension

First/second declension.

Related terms

• Latius

Descendants

References

• Latinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Latinus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Latinus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Latinus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Latin

Adjective

latīnus m ‎(feminine latīna, neuter latīnum); first/second declension

1. Alternative letter-case form of Latīnus

Declension

First/second declension.

References

• LATINUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “latinus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the expression is not in accordance with Latin usage: aliquid a consuetudine sermonis latini abhorret, alienum est
    
  • pure, correct Latin: incorrupta latini sermonis integritas (Brut. 35. 132)
    
  • good Latin: sermo latinus (opp. sermo parum latinus) (cf. sect. VII. 2., note For the use of adverbs...)
    
  • to translate from Greek into Latin: aliquid e graeco in latinum (sermonem) convertere, vertere, transferre
    
  • what follows has been translated into Latin from Plato's Phaedo: ex Platonis Phaedone haec in latinum conversa sunt
    
  • (ambiguous) to render something into Latin: aliquid (graeca) latine reddere or sermone latino interpretari
    
  • (ambiguous) Roman literature: litterae latinae
    
  • (ambiguous) acquainted with the Latin language: latinis litteris or latine doctus
    
  • (ambiguous) a good Latin scholar: bene latine doctus or sciens
    
  • (ambiguous) to write expositions of philosophy in Latin: philosophiam latinis litteris illustrare (Acad. 1. 1. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) (1) to speak Latin, (2) to speak good Latin (also bene latine), (3) to express oneself clearly: latine loqui (Brut. 45. 166)
    
  • (ambiguous) to know Latin: latinam linguam scire or didicisse
    
  • (ambiguous) to know Latin: latine scire
    
  • (ambiguous) to write treatises in Latin: latine commentari
    
  • (ambiguous) to render something into Latin: aliquid (graeca) latine reddere or sermone latino interpretari
    
  • (ambiguous) to write good Latin: latine scribere (Opt. Gen. Or. 2. 4)
    
  • (ambiguous) to introduce a new word into the Latin language: inducere novum verbum in latinam linguam
    
• latinus in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• latinus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• latinus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray