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{{also|Appendix:Variations of "latin"}}
{{also|Latîn|Latin@|latin|latín|látin|lätin|łatin|latin@}}


==English==
==English==
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===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{a|UK}} {{enPR|lătʹĭn}}, {{IPA|en|/ˈlæt.ɪn/}}
* {{enPR|lătʹĭn}}
** {{IPA|en|/ˈlæt.ɪn/|a=UK}}
* {{a|US}} {{enPR|lătʹn}}, {{IPA|en|/ˈlæt.n̩/|[ˈlæʔ.n̩]}}
** {{IPA|en|/ˈlæt.ɪn/|[ˈlæt.n̩]|[ˈlæʔ.n̩]|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-Latin.ogg|Audio (US)}}
*** {{audio|en|en-us-Latin.ogg|a=US}}
** {{IPA|en|/ˈlæt.ɪn/|a=AU}}
* {{rhymes|en|ætɪn|s=2}}
* {{rhymes|en|ætɪn|s=2}}


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{{en-adj|-}}
{{en-adj|-}}


# Of or relating to the [[language]] spoken in ancient [[Rome]] and other cities of [[Latium]] which is now rarely used.
# Of or relating to Latin: the [[language]] spoken in ancient [[Rome]] and other cities of [[Latium]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1948|author=L. E. Elliott-Binns|title=The Beginnings of Western Christendom|page=257
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1948|author=L. E. Elliott-Binns|title=The Beginnings of Western Christendom|page=257
|passage=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.}}
|passage=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.}}
# Of or relating to the [[script]] of the language spoken in ancient Rome and many modern [[alphabet]]s.
# Of or relating to the [[script]] of the language spoken in ancient Rome and many modern [[alphabet]]s.
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#: {{syn|en|Roman}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1968|author=Mladen Bošnjak|title=A Study of Slavic Incunabula|page=62
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1968|author=Mladen Bošnjak|title=A Study of Slavic Incunabula|page=62
|passage=The Serbo-Croatian incunabula printed in '''Latin''' letters are indubitably the products of a very modest establishment.}}
|passage=The Serbo-Croatian incunabula printed in '''Latin''' letters are indubitably the products of a very modest establishment.}}
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#: {{syn|en|Roman}}
# Of or relating to ancient [[Rome]] or its [[empire|Empire]].
# Of or relating to ancient [[Rome]] or its [[empire|Empire]].
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#: {{syn|en|Roman}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2000|author=T. M. Charles-Edwards|title=Early Christian Ireland|page=176
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2000|author=T. M. Charles-Edwards|title=Early Christian Ireland|page=176
|passage=The earliest '''Latin''' culture of Ireland was heavily indebted to that of Britain{{...}}}}
|passage=The earliest '''Latin''' culture of Ireland was heavily indebted to that of Britain{{...}}}}
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#: {{syn|en|Roman}}
# Of or relating to [[Latium]] (modern [[Lazio]]), the region around Rome.
# Of or relating to [[Latium]] (modern [[Lazio]]), the region around Rome.
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#: {{syn|en|Latian}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1913|author=Oscar Browning|title=A General History of the World|page=151
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1913|author=Oscar Browning|title=A General History of the World|page=151
|passage=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.}}
|passage=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.}}
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#: {{syn|en|Latian}}
# Of or relating to the [[custom]]s and [[people]] [[descend]]ed from the ancient Romans and their Empire.
# Of or relating to the [[custom]]s and [[people]] [[descend]]ed from the ancient Romans and their Empire.
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#: {{syn|en|Romance}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2002|author=Dean Foster|title=The Global Etiquette Guide to Mexico and Latin America|page=11
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2002|author=Dean Foster|title=The Global Etiquette Guide to Mexico and Latin America|page=11
|passage=Therefore, although Portugal is a '''Latin''' culture, the significant African influence in Brazil creates a culture that cannot be defined simply as '''Latin'''; consequently, Brazilians prefer to define themselves as South American{{...}}}}
|passage=Therefore, although Portugal is a '''Latin''' culture, the significant African influence in Brazil creates a culture that cannot be defined simply as '''Latin'''; consequently, Brazilians prefer to define themselves as South American{{...}}}}
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#: {{syn|en|Romance}}
# Of or from [[Latin America]] or of [[Latin American]] culture.
# Of or from [[Latin America]] or of [[Latin American]] culture.
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#: {{syn|en|Latin American|Latino}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2008|author=Michael Miller|title=The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music History|page=254
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2008|author=Michael Miller|title=The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music History|page=254
|passage=As such, today's '''Latin''' music is a synthesis of European, African, and the few indigenous elements that remain.}}
|passage=As such, today's '''Latin''' music is a synthesis of European, African, and the few indigenous elements that remain.}}
# {{lb|en|Christianity}} [[Roman Catholic]]; of or pertaining to the [[Roman Rite]] of the Catholic Church.
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#: {{syn|en|Latin American|Latino}}
# {{lb|en|Christianity}} [[Roman Catholic]]; of or pertaining to the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church.
#: {{syn|en|Catholic|Roman|Roman Catholic}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1901|author=John Hackett|title=A History of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus|page=117
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1901|author=John Hackett|title=A History of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus|page=117
|passage=The '''Latin''' bishop now took the Greek bishop by the hand and conducted him to his throne{{...}}}}
|passage=The '''Latin''' bishop now took the Greek bishop by the hand and conducted him to his throne{{...}}}}
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#: {{syn|en|Catholic|Roman|Roman Catholic}}


=====Quotations=====
=====Quotations=====
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=====Derived terms=====
=====Derived terms=====
{{der4
{{der4
|en|Latin-1
|en|Latin-1|Latin grammar school|Latin school
|Latin alphabet
|Latin alphabet
|Latin America
|Latin America
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|Latin script
|Latin script
|Latin square
|Latin square
|Vulgar Latin|Latin hip-hop|Traditional Latin Mass
}}
}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|jam|Latn}}


=====Translations=====
=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|of the language}}
{{trans-top|of the language}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|Latynse}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|latin}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|latin}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|لَاتِينِيّ}}, {{t|ar|الرُّومِيَّة}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|لَاتِينِيّ}}, {{t|ar|الرُّومِيَّة}}
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* Basque: {{t+|eu|latin}}
* Basque: {{t+|eu|latin}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|лаці́нскі}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|лаці́нскі}}
* Bengali: {{t|bn|ল্যাটিন}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|ল্যাটিন}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|лати́нски}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|лати́нски}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|လက်တင်}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|လက်တင်}}
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* Chinese:
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|拉丁語|alt=拉丁語的|tr=lādīngyǔ de}}, {{t+|cmn|拉丁|tr=lādīng}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|拉丁語|alt=拉丁語的|tr=lādīngyǔ de}}, {{t+|cmn|拉丁|tr=lādīng}}
* Coptic: {{t|cop|ⲙⲉⲧⲣⲱⲙⲉⲟⲥ}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|latinský|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|latinský|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|latinsk}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|latinsk}}
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* Irish: {{t|ga|Laidine}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|Laidine}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|latino}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|latino}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ラテン語|alt=ラテン語の|tr=raten-go no}}, {{t|ja|ラテン|tr=raten}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ラテン語|alt=ラテン語の|tr=raten-go no}}, {{t+|ja|ラテン|tr=raten}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|латын}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|латын}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ឡាតាំង|tr=latăng}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ឡាតាំង|tr=latăng}}
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* Galician: {{t+|gl|latino|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|latino|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|lateinisch}}
* German: {{t+|de|lateinisch}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|latin}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|latin}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|latin}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|latino}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|latino}}
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* Latvian: {{t|lv|latīņu}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|latīņu}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|латиничен}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|латиничен}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|Rumi}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|Rātini}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|Rātini}}
* Norwegian:
* Norwegian:
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* Interlingua: {{t|ia|latin}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|latin}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|latino|m}}, {{t+|it|latina|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|latino|m}}, {{t+|it|latina|f}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|ラテン|alt=ラテンの|tr=Raten no}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ラテン|alt=ラテンの|tr=Raten no}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|latīnus}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|latīnus}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|латински|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|латински|m}}
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* Esperanto: {{t-check|eo|[[latina|latin]]-[[amerika]]}} <!-- was "[[latina|latin]]-[[amerika]]" - assumed sum-of-parts; if an idiom, remove the wikilinks to the individual words. see [[User:Kephir/gadgets/xte#Translation_fixing]] -->
* Esperanto: {{t-check|eo|[[latina|latin]]-[[amerika]]}} <!-- was "[[latina|latin]]-[[amerika]]" - assumed sum-of-parts; if an idiom, remove the wikilinks to the individual words. see [[User:Kephir/gadgets/xte#Translation_fixing]] -->
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|latinalaisamerikkalainen}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|latinalaisamerikkalainen}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|latinoamericano|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|latinoamericano|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|lateinamerikanisch}}
* German: {{t+|de|lateinamerikanisch}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|לטיני|m|tr=lātini}}, {{t+|he|לטינית|f|tr=lātinit}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|לטיני|m|tr=lātini}}, {{t+|he|לטינית|f|tr=lātinit}}
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From {{inh|en|enm|Latin}}, {{m|enm|Latyn}}, from {{inh|en|ang|Lǣden}}, from {{der|en|VL.|*ladinum|t=Latin}} and {{der|en|fro|latin|t=Latin}}; all from {{der|en|la|Latinus|t=belonging to [[Latium]]}}. Later influenced in form by the Latin word. Compare {{cog|nl|Latijn|t=Latin}}, {{cog|de|Latein|t=Latin}}, {{cog|sv|Latin|t=Latin}}.
From {{inh|en|enm|Latin}}, {{m|enm|Latyn}}, from {{inh|en|ang|Lǣden}}, from {{der|en|VL.|*ladinum|t=Latin}} and {{der|en|fro|latin|t=Latin}}; all from {{der|en|la|Latinus|t=belonging to [[Latium]]}}. Later influenced in form by the Latin word. Compare {{cog|nl|Latijn|t=Latin}}, {{cog|de|Latein|t=Latin}}, {{cog|sv|Latin|t=Latin}}.


====Proper noun=vinted==
====Proper noun====
{{en-proper noun|~|s}}
{{en-proper noun|~|s}}


# {{lb|en|uncountable}} The [[language]] of the ancient [[Roman]]s, other Latins and of the [[Roman Catholic]] church, especially [[Classical Latin]]. [[Category:en:Ancient Rome]]
# {{senseid|en|Q397}}{{lb|en|uncountable}} The [[language]] of the ancient [[Roman]]s, other Latins and of the [[Roman Catholic]] church, especially [[Classical Latin]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1799|author=Edward Dubois|title=A Piece of Family Biography|pageurl=https://books.google.fr/books?id=v60BAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA20|volume=II|page=20
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1799|author=Edward Dubois|title=A Piece of Family Biography|pageurl=https://books.google.fr/books?id=v60BAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA20|volume=II|page=20
|passage=Supper being over, the lawyer took his leave, and the doctor began to [[sound|ſound]] the learned clerk [[respecting|reſpecting]] his proficiency in the [[dead language]]s. "As to [[dead language]]s," replied the [[schoolmaster|ſchoolmafter]], "I was once a [[vast|vaſt]] pretty [[scholar|ſcholar]] indeed, but ''want of exercise'' has made me main [[slack|ſlack]]{{mdash}}I can't get over my ground as I [[used to|uſed to]] do. Then as to ''the t'other'' dead fellow, I could never [[greek it]] at all, that's flat. And, Lord [[bless you|bleſs you]]! my '''Latin''' is of no more [[use|uſe]] to me here than{{mdash}}than{{mdash}}" Here he [[stuck|ſtuck]] for want of a [[simile|ſimile]]; when Mr. Le Dupe helped him out by [[saying|ſaying]], "that it is to a young man at college, where it is [[considered|conſidered]] a pedantic [[insult|inſult]], and an unpardonable bore, to utter a '''Latin''' [[sentence|ſentence]]."}}
|passage=Supper being over, the lawyer took his leave, and the doctor began to [[sound|ſound]] the learned clerk [[respecting|reſpecting]] his proficiency in the [[dead language]]s. "As to [[dead language]]s," replied the [[schoolmaster|ſchoolmafter]], "I was once a [[vast|vaſt]] pretty [[scholar|ſcholar]] indeed, but ''want of exercise'' has made me main [[slack|ſlack]]{{mdash}}I can't get over my ground as I [[used to|uſed to]] do. Then as to ''the t'other'' dead fellow, I could never [[greek it]] at all, that's flat. And, Lord [[bless you|bleſs you]]! my '''Latin''' is of no more [[use|uſe]] to me here than{{mdash}}than{{mdash}}" Here he [[stuck|ſtuck]] for want of a [[simile|ſimile]]; when Mr. Le Dupe helped him out by [[saying|ſaying]], "that it is to a young man at college, where it is [[considered|conſidered]] a pedantic [[insult|inſult]], and an unpardonable bore, to utter a '''Latin''' [[sentence|ſentence]]."}}
#* '''1999''', Karl Strecker, transl. by Robert B. Palmer, ''Introduction to Medieval Latin: English Tranlation and Revision'', 2nd ed. (2nd reprint of the ed. Dublin/Zürich 1971 (Berlin 1957)), Weidmann: Zürich & Hildesheim, p. 29:
#*: To Hall [Robert A. Hall, Jr.], the development would be something as follows: Latin > Proto-Romance (dated late Republic and Early Empire) > Proto-Continental Romance > Proto-Italo-Western Romance (to which Hall would limit the term "Vulgar Latin") > Proto-Western Romance > Proto-Gallo Romance, etc. Each of these main divisions splits off into further languages: Latin > Classical Latin; Proto-Romance > Proto-Southern Romance > Sardinian, Lucianian, Sicilian; Proto-Continental Romance > Proto-Eastern Romance > Proto-Balkan Romance, etc.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2003|author=Natalie Harwood|title=The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Latin|edition=2nd|page=13
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2003|author=Natalie Harwood|title=The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Latin|edition=2nd|page=13
|passage=When the Christian Church rose in stature in the Dark Ages, its adoption of '''Latin''' as the official language assured its eternal life.}}
|passage=When the Christian Church rose in stature in the Dark Ages, its adoption of '''Latin''' as the official language assured its eternal life.}}
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=====Translations=====
=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|language of the ancient Romans}}
{{trans-top|language of the ancient Romans}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|Latyn}}
* Amharic: {{t+|am|ሮማይስጥ}}
* Amharic: {{t+|am|ሮማይስጥ}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|اللَّاتِينِيَّة|f}}, {{t|ar|اللُّغَة اللَّاتِينِيَّة|f|tr=al-luḡa l-lātīniyya}}, {{t|ar|الرُّومِيَّة}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|اللَّاتِينِيَّة|f}}, {{t|ar|اللُّغَة اللَّاتِينِيَّة|f|tr=al-luḡa l-lātīniyya}}, {{t|ar|الرُّومِيَّة}}
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{{en-noun}}
{{en-noun}}


# {{lb|en|countable}} A person [[native]] to ancient [[Rome]] or its Empire.
# {{lb|en|historical}} A person [[native]] to ancient [[Rome]] or its Empire.
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#: {{syn|en|Roman}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1833|translator=Edward Robinson|author=Philipp Buttmann|title=A Greek grammar for the use of high schools and universities|page=23
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1833|translator=Edward Robinson|author=Philipp Buttmann|title=A Greek grammar for the use of high schools and universities|page=23
|passage=This appears incontestably from the manner in which the '''Latins''' wrote Greek words and names{{...}}}}
|passage=This appears incontestably from the manner in which the '''Latins''' wrote Greek words and names{{...}}}}
# {{lb|en|historical}} A member of an [[Italic]] [[tribe]] that included the early inhabitants of the city of Rome, and from about 1000 BC inhabited the region known as Old Latium.
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#: {{syn|en|Roman}}
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#: {{syn|en|Latial|Latian}}
# {{lb|en|countable}} A person from one of the modern European countries (including Italy, Spain etc.) whose language is descended from Latin.
# A person from one of the modern European countries (including Italy, Spain etc.) whose language is descended from Latin.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1933|author=[[w:G. K. Chesterton|Gilbert Keith Chesterton]]|title= 'All I Survey': a book of essays|page=148
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1933|author=[[w:G. K. Chesterton|Gilbert Keith Chesterton]]|title= 'All I Survey': a book of essays|page=148
|passage=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.}}
|passage=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.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1982|author={{w|Lawrence Durrell}}|title=Constance|publisher=Faber & Faber|year_published=2004|series=Avignon Quintet|page=760
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1982|author=w:Lawrence Durrell|title=Constance|publisher=Faber & Faber|year_published=2004|series=Avignon Quintet|page=760
|passage='''Latins''' are always conspicuously dangerous when they are serving an unpopular cause for money.}}
|passage='''Latins''' are always conspicuously dangerous when they are serving an unpopular cause for money.}}
# {{lb|en|countable}} A person from [[Latin America]].
# A person from [[Latin America]].
#: {{syn|en|Latin American|Latino}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1922|author=William Edmund Aughinbaugh|title=Advertising for trade in Latin-America|page=150
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1922|author=William Edmund Aughinbaugh|title=Advertising for trade in Latin-America|page=150
|passage=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.}}
|passage=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.}}
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#: {{syn|en|Latin American|Latino}}
# {{lb|en|Christianity}} A person adhering to [[Roman Catholic]] practice.
# {{lb|en|Christianity}} A person adhering to [[Roman Catholic]] practice.
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#: {{syn|en|Catholic|Roman|Roman Catholic}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1853|author=William Palmer|title=Dissertations on Subjects Relating to the "Orthodox" or "Eastern-Catholic" Communion|page=118
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1853|author=William Palmer|title=Dissertations on Subjects Relating to the "Orthodox" or "Eastern-Catholic" Communion|page=118
|passage=The modern '''Latins''' have been in the habit of blaming the Greek and other Eastern Liturgies for not consecrating by the recital of O<small>UR</small> S<small>AVIOUR'S</small> words of Institution{{...}}}}
|passage=The modern '''Latins''' have been in the habit of blaming the Greek and other Eastern Liturgies for not consecrating by the recital of O<small>UR</small> S<small>AVIOUR'S</small> words of Institution{{...}}}}
#: {{syn|en|Catholic|Roman|Roman Catholic}}
# A person [[native]] to the ancient region of [[Latium]].


=====Coordinate terms=====
=====Coordinate terms=====
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=====Statistics=====
=====Statistics=====
* According to the 2010 United States Census, ''Latin'' is the 35246<sup>th</sup> most common surname in the United States, belonging to 639 individuals. ''Latin'' is most common among Black/African American (44.44%), White (37.09%) and Hispanic/Latino (15.34%) individuals.
* According to the 2010 United States Census, ''Latin'' is the 35246{{sup|th}} most common surname in the United States, belonging to 639 individuals. ''Latin'' is most common among Black/African American (44.44%), White (37.09%) and Hispanic/Latino (15.34%) individuals.


===Further reading===
===Further reading===
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* {{anagrams|en|a=ailnt|talin}}
* {{anagrams|en|a=ailnt|talin}}


{{topics|en|Languages|People|Alphabets|Demonyms}}
{{C|en|Alphabets|Ancient Rome|Demonyms|Languages|Latin|People}}


==French==
==French==
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===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-0x010C-Latin.wav|Audio}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-0x010C-Latin.wav}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
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{{mt-noun|g=m|head=Il-Latin}}
{{mt-noun|g=m|head=Il-Latin}}


# [[#English|Latin]] {{gloss|language}}
# [[#English|Latin]] {{gl|language}}


{{c|mt|Languages}}
{{c|mt|Languages}}
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{{sh-proper noun|g=m|head=Làtīn}}
{{sh-proper noun|g=m|head=Làtīn}}


# [[#English|Latin]] (person native to ancient Rome or its Empire, descended from the ancient Romans or speaking a Romance language)
# {{l|en|Latin}} (person native to ancient Rome or its Empire, descended from the ancient Romans or speaking a Romance language)


====Declension====
====Declension====
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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|tl|es|latín}}.
{{bor+|tl|es|latín}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{hyph|tl|La|tin}}
{{tl-pr|Latín}}
* {{tl-IPA|Latín}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{tl-noun|Latín}}
{{tl-noun|Latín|b=+}}


# {{l|en|Latin}} {{gl|language}}
# {{l|en|Latin}} {{gl|language}}
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* {{R:Pambansang Diksiyonaryo}}
* {{R:Pambansang Diksiyonaryo}}


===Anagrams===
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{{c|tl|Languages|People}}
* {{anagrams|tl|a=ailnt|linta}}

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{{C|tl|Languages|People}}

Latest revision as of 17:36, 8 September 2024

See also: Appendix:Variations of "latin"

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English Latyn, Latyne, Latin, from Old French latin, latyn, from Latin latīnus, from Latium (“the region around Rome”) + -īnus (adjective suffix). Displaced or merged with Old English Lǣden. Doublet of Ladino.

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Latin (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to Latin: the language spoken in ancient Rome and other cities of Latium.
    • 1948, L. E. Elliott-Binns, The Beginnings of Western Christendom, page 257:
      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.
  2. Of or relating to the script of the language spoken in ancient Rome and many modern alphabets.
    Synonym: Roman
    • 1968, Mladen Bošnjak, A Study of Slavic Incunabula, page 62:
      The Serbo-Croatian incunabula printed in Latin letters are indubitably the products of a very modest establishment.
  3. Of or relating to ancient Rome or its Empire.
    Synonym: Roman
    • 2000, T. M. Charles-Edwards, Early Christian Ireland, page 176:
      The earliest Latin culture of Ireland was heavily indebted to that of Britain […]
  4. Of or relating to Latium (modern Lazio), the region around Rome.
    Synonym: Latian
    • 1913, Oscar Browning, A General History of the World, page 151:
      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.
  5. Of or relating to the customs and people descended from the ancient Romans and their Empire.
    Synonym: Romance
    • 2002, Dean Foster, The Global Etiquette Guide to Mexico and Latin America, page 11:
      Therefore, although Portugal is a Latin culture, the significant African influence in Brazil creates a culture that cannot be defined simply as Latin; consequently, Brazilians prefer to define themselves as South American […]
  6. Of or from Latin America or of Latin American culture.
    Synonyms: Latin American, Latino
    • 2008, Michael Miller, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music History, page 254:
      As such, today's Latin music is a synthesis of European, African, and the few indigenous elements that remain.
  7. (Christianity) Roman Catholic; of or pertaining to the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church.
    Synonyms: Catholic, Roman, Roman Catholic
    • 1901, John Hackett, A History of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus, page 117:
      The Latin bishop now took the Greek bishop by the hand and conducted him to his throne […]
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  • Jamaican Creole: Latn
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English Latin, Latyn, from Old English Lǣden, from Vulgar Latin *ladinum (“Latin”) and Old French latin (“Latin”); all from Latin Latinus (“belonging to Latium”). Later influenced in form by the Latin word. Compare Dutch Latijn (“Latin”), German Latein (“Latin”), Swedish Latin (“Latin”).

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Latin (countable and uncountable, plural Latins)

  2. (uncountable) The language of the ancient Romans, other Latins and of the Roman Catholic church, especially Classical Latin.
    • 1799, Edward Dubois, A Piece of Family Biography, volume II, page 20:
      Supper being over, the lawyer took his leave, and the doctor began to ſound the learned clerk reſpecting his proficiency in the dead languages. "As to dead languages," replied the ſchoolmafter, "I was once a vaſt pretty ſcholar indeed, but want of exercise has made me main ſlack—I can't get over my ground as I uſed to do. Then as to the t'other dead fellow, I could never greek it at all, that's flat. And, Lord bleſs you! my Latin is of no more uſe to me here than—than—" Here he ſtuck for want of a ſimile; when Mr. Le Dupe helped him out by ſaying, "that it is to a young man at college, where it is conſidered a pedantic inſult, and an unpardonable bore, to utter a Latin ſentence."
    • 1999, Karl Strecker, transl. by Robert B. Palmer, Introduction to Medieval Latin: English Tranlation and Revision, 2nd ed. (2nd reprint of the ed. Dublin/Zürich 1971 (Berlin 1957)), Weidmann: Zürich & Hildesheim, p. 29:
      To Hall [Robert A. Hall, Jr.], the development would be something as follows: Latin > Proto-Romance (dated late Republic and Early Empire) > Proto-Continental Romance > Proto-Italo-Western Romance (to which Hall would limit the term "Vulgar Latin") > Proto-Western Romance > Proto-Gallo Romance, etc. Each of these main divisions splits off into further languages: Latin > Classical Latin; Proto-Romance > Proto-Southern Romance > Sardinian, Lucianian, Sicilian; Proto-Continental Romance > Proto-Eastern Romance > Proto-Balkan Romance, etc.
    • 2003, Natalie Harwood, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Latin, 2nd edition, page 13:
      When the Christian Church rose in stature in the Dark Ages, its adoption of Latin as the official language assured its eternal life.
    • 2010, Elizabeth Heimbach, A Roman Map Workbook, page 134:
      Like Copernicus and Galileo, Johannes Kepler was a renowned astronomer who wrote in Latin.
  3. The Latin alphabet or writing system.
  4. (printing) The nonsense placeholder text (often based on real Latin) used in greeking.
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Latin (plural Latins)

  1. (historical) A person native to ancient Rome or its Empire.
    Synonym: Roman
    • 1833, Philipp Buttmann, translated by Edward Robinson, A Greek grammar for the use of high schools and universities, page 23:
      This appears incontestably from the manner in which the Latins wrote Greek words and names […]
  2. (historical) A member of an Italic tribe that included the early inhabitants of the city of Rome, and from about 1000 BC inhabited the region known as Old Latium.
    Synonyms: Latial, Latian
  3. A person from one of the modern European countries (including Italy, Spain etc.) whose language is descended from Latin.
    • 1933, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, 'All I Survey': a book of essays, page 148:
      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.
    • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 760:
      Latins are always conspicuously dangerous when they are serving an unpopular cause for money.
  4. A person from Latin America.
    Synonyms: Latin American, Latino
    • 1922, William Edmund Aughinbaugh, Advertising for trade in Latin-America, page 150:
      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.
  5. (Christianity) A person adhering to Roman Catholic practice.
    Synonyms: Catholic, Roman, Roman Catholic
    • 1853, William Palmer, Dissertations on Subjects Relating to the "Orthodox" or "Eastern-Catholic" Communion, page 118:
      The modern Latins have been in the habit of blaming the Greek and other Eastern Liturgies for not consecrating by the recital of OUR SAVIOUR'S words of Institution […]
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Etymology 3

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Metonymic occupational surname for a Latinist, a clerk or keeper of Latin records, from Middle English Latyn. Compare Latimer.

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Latin (plural Latins)

  1. A surname from Middle English.
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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Latin is the 35246th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 639 individuals. Latin is most common among Black/African American (44.44%), White (37.09%) and Hispanic/Latino (15.34%) individuals.

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Latin m (plural Latins)

  1. Latin (resident or native of Latium)
  2. resident or native of a Romance country such as Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Romania, etc, whose language is derived from Latin

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Malay

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Etymology

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From Latin latīnus, from Latium (“the region around Rome”) + -īnus (“adjective suffix”).

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Latin

  1. Latin (language of the ancient Romans)
    Synonym: Rumawi

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Il-Latin m

  1. Latin (language)

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English latin and Old French latin.

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Latin

  1. Alternative form of Latyn

Etymology 2

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From Old English Latin and Old French latin.

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Latin

  1. Alternative form of Latyn

Serbo-Croatian

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  • IPA(key): /lǎtiːn/
  • Hyphenation: La‧tin

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Làtīn m (Cyrillic spelling Ла̀тӣн)

  1. Latin (person native to ancient Rome or its Empire, descended from the ancient Romans or speaking a Romance language)

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Declension of Latin
singular plural
nominative Latin Latini
genitive Latina Latina
dative Latinu Latinima
accusative Latina Latine
vocative Latine Latini
locative Latinu Latinima
instrumental Latinom Latinima

Tagalog

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Borrowed from Spanish latín.

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Latín (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜆᜒᜈ᜔)

  1. Latin (language)
  2. Latin (native of Ancient Rome)
  3. (colloquial) any incomprehensible language

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  • “Latin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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