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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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| Alagna often struggles to be heard above the forces assembled to support him, and his English is, well -- let's say Latinate. Any traditional grammar version, a body of knowledge including parts of speech and word group labels, prescriptive, and Latinate. He deliberately uses the Latinate word "piligrim" in place of the usual Russian "palomnik" to describe his posture in re-entering Rome as "a wanderer who searches. |
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