411 REFERENCE · Wiktionary
Latinus
Reference material by Wiktionary contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
latinus latīņus
Latin
Alternative forms
la latīnus
Etymology
la Latīnus :af Latium<alt:Lat(ium)> -īnus + 1
Pronunciation
Latīnus
Adjective
Latīnus Latīnē
en Latin; of or pertaining to Latium, the Latin language, people, or culture
la Latius Latiālis//Latiāris
la nōmen Latīnum 1 the Latin right/citizenship (la iūs Latiī)
la poēta Latīnus 1 a Latin-writing (male) poet
la Naevius Epitaphium 3rd c. BCE Inmortales mortales si foret fas flere, flerent divae Camenae Naevium poetam. Itaque postquam est Orchi traditus thesauro, obliti sunt Romae loquier linguā Latinā. If the immortals were allowed to weep for mortals, the divine Muses would weep for Naevius the poet. After he was carried to Pluto's treasure vault, the Romans forgot to speak Latin.
la Quintilian Institutiones Oratoriae 2 14 5 Ne pugnemus igitur, cum praesertim plurimis alioqui Graecis sit utendum. Nam certe et "philosophos" et "musicos" et "geometras" dicam, nec vim adferam nominibus his indecora in Latinum sermonem mutatione. So let's not fight over it, considering that in many other cases, Greek nouns have to be used. Certainly, I will say philosophos, musicos and geometras, and I will not do violence to these nouns by turning them uglily into Latin words.
la Isidore of Seville Etymologiae sive Origines 9 1 early 7th c. CE Tres sunt autem linguae sacrae: Hebraea, Graeca, Latina, quae toto orbe maxime excellunt. His enim tribus linguis super crucem Domini a Pilato fuit causa eius scripta. Three are the sacred languages: Hebrew, Greek, and Latin, which most greatly excel in the world. It was in these three languages that Pilate wrote the Lord's legal charge on His cross. (ref. to John 19:20)
Usage notes
With verbs of translation, the neuter singular is generally used for both the target and source languages: librum ē Graecō in Latīnum reddō ("I am translating a book from Greek into Latin").
Aside from the latter, language adjectives are extremely rarely used on their own in pre-Classical, Classical and Late Latin, becoming more common not until well into the medieval period; adverbs like la Latīnē are used instead, e.g. Latīnē loquantur ("they should speak Latin"). For situations where this isn't possible, e.g. as the subject of a verb, the noun lingua must be included: Lingua Latīna placet, et prōdest! ("Latin is a joy, and is useful!").
Declension
Latīnus
Derived terms
la Latinum latinarius
Related terms
la Latius
Descendants
2 des
North Italian:
pms ladin sliding lein
lld ladin linguistic autonym
lmo ladin sliding, agile ledin smooth, sleek lidin smooth, light ladí easily to move
rm ladin nimble
Gallo-Romance:
frp leino easy laina agile
Occitano-Romance:
roa-oca lladí crafty
Ibero-Romance:
ast lladín llaín crafty, hypocrite
pt ladinho pure
es ladino crafty Ladino Judeo-Spanish
pt ladino 1
Ancient borrowings:
sq lëtí 1
ang Leden 1 1
sga Laiten 1
ga Laidin
gv Ladjyn
gd Laideann
Learned borrowings
sq latín 1
ast llatín 1
ang Latin 1
ca llatí 1
fro latin 1
fr latin
enm Latyn 1 1
gmh latîn 1
de Latein
it latino 1
pt latino 1
ro latin 1
es latino 1
en latino 1
vec latin 1
Proper noun
Latinus<2> la Early Medieval Latin
la male 8th or 9th C.
References
5 199 latīnus
la Monumenta Necrologica Monasterii S. Petri Salisburgensis Liber confraternitatum vetustior (784-11th C.) Sigmund Herzberg-Fränkel Monumenta Germaniae Historica Necrologia Germaniae Tomvs II Dioecesis Salisbvrgensis I: Dioecesis Salisburgensis: Regiones Salisburgensis et Bavarica Berolini Weidmannsche Buchhandlung Apvd Weidmannos 978-3-447-17005-5 164584042 1904 8 9 17 https://www.dmgh.de/mgh_necr_2/index.htm#page/8/mode/1up
la Zusammengesetzte Handschrift: Liber Confraternitatum Sancti Petri (Liber Vitae, Verbrüderungsbuch von St. Peter). Traditionen von St. Peter (Traditionscodex M) 6 Composite manuscript: Liber Confraternitatum Sancti Petri (Liber Vitae, Book of Brotherhood of St. Peter). Traditions of St. Peter (Tradition Codex M) https://manuscripta.at/diglit/AT7290-HsA1/0012 784-13th C. Salzburg, Erzabtei St. Peter, Benediktinerstift, Archiv, Hs. A 1
Further reading