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Latin 1. the language of ancient Rome and the Roman Empire and of the educated in medieval Europe, which achieved its classical form during the 1st century bc. Having originally been the language of Latium, belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European family, it later formed the basis of the Romance group 2. a member of any of those peoples whose languages are derived from Latin 3. an inhabitant of ancient Latium 4. of or relating to the Latin language, the ancient Latins, or Latium 5. characteristic of or relating to those peoples in Europe and Latin America whose languages are derived from Latin 6. of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Mike's] language," O'Brien argues, "a stylized dialect which resembles a hardboiled brand of bar talk, bristly with obscenities and technical jargon (more precisely, with obscenities as technical jargon), yet made odd by allusions to Homer and The Sorrows of Young Werther, interpolated Latinisms," and arcane vocabulary. |
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