English > Latin: 7 senses > noun 1, communication| Meaning | Any dialect of the language of ancient Rome. |
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| Category of | annum | (Latin) year |
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| ante meridiem, A.M. | Before noon |
| de novo | From the beginning |
| loanblend, loan-blend, hybrid | A word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., 'monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root) |
| nihil | (Latin) nil |
| post meridiem, P.M. | Between noon and midnight |
| res gestae | things done |
| Narrower | Late Latin, Biblical Latin | The form of Latin written between the 3rd and 8th centuries |
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| Low Latin | Any dialect of Latin other than the classical |
| Neo-Latin, New Latin | Latin since the Renaissance |
| Old Latin | The oldest recorded Latin (dating back at early as the 6th century B.C.) |
| Romance, Romance language, Latinian language | The group of languages derived from Latin |
| classical Latin | The language of educated people in ancient Rome |
| Broader | Italic, Italic language | A branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative |
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| Spanish | latín |
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| Catalan | llatí |
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| Adjectives | Latin | of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language |
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| latinate | derived from or imitative of Latin |
| macaronic | of or containing a mixture of Latin words and vernacular words jumbled together |
| Nouns | Latinist | a specialist in the Latin language |
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