Latiner

English Alternative forms en latynier latynere Etymology From en enm latyner, enm latynier (also enm latymer), from en xno latimer, from en fro latinier, fro latimier, etc., from en la latinārius, from la lingua la Latinus Latina + la -ārius -ary. Compare ang Lǣdenware a Latin-speaker, Roman. en latimer. Noun en historical en interpreter. en 1689 John Selden Table-Talk 64 Latimer is the Corruption of Latiner, it ignifies he that interprets Latine, and though he interpreted French, Spanih, or Italian, he was call'd the King's Latiner, that is, the King's Interpreter. en 1725 The Voiage and Travaile of Sir John Maundeville, Kt... https://archive.org/details/voiagetravaileof00manduoft/page/58/mode/2up 58 ... alle weys fynden Men Latyneres to go with hem in the Contrees, and ferthere bezonde, in to tyme that Men conne the Langage. en 1925 William Craddock Bolland A Manual of Year Book Studies 104 The Dictionary says that the meanings of the two forms are quite distinct and invariable; that Latiner is, to put it shortly, a Latin scholar, that Latimer is an interpreter, and that Latiner is never used in that sense. In the Hilary term of 34 Henry VI of England Henry VI a case was heard to which a foreigner who could not speak our language was a party. He was allowed to engage the services of an interpreter, and that interpreter is plainly written down as a Latiner and not as a Latimer. That is an example of a certain emendation that would have been made in the Dictionary if the Year Books had been consulted. en colloquial obsolete A person who speaks and reads Latin, particularly en historical an early modern student or scholar. en Latinophone en 1853 Xavier Donald MacLeod The Bloodstone 56 "But is he not a very good preacher?" "Au aye, beloike he be a goodish preacher, but no Latiner, measter, no Latiner." Proper noun s en. References Latiner n Anagrams en aeilnrt ratline inter al. art line -traline entrail line art trenail trainel larnite reliant latrine retinal en surnames from occupations German Etymology Learned relatinization. de latīnus la -er. Pronunciation de /laˈtiːnər/ [laˈtiː.nɐ] de De-Latiner.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun m in de historical de Lateiner a Latin Usage notes Predominant over de Lateiner in the sense “member of an Old Italic tribe that settled Latium”. Less often used in other historical senses. Not applicable in the sense “student or scholar of Latin”. Declension m Related terms de Latein lateinisch,latinisch Latino Latium