Definition of Latin

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Definition of Latin

Latin

Of or pertaining to Latium, or to the Latins, a people of Latium; Roman; as, the Latin language.

Of, pertaining to, or composed in, the language used by the Romans or Latins; as, a Latin grammar; a Latin composition or idiom.

A native or inhabitant of Latium; a Roman.

The language of the ancient Romans.

An exercise in schools, consisting in turning English into Latin.

A member of the Roman Catholic Church.

To write or speak in Latin; to turn or render into Latin.

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Latin Quotations

Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.
Ronald Reagan

That which I have set out in Latin is not my words but the words of God and of apostles and prophets, who of course have never lied. He who believes shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be damned. God has spoken.
Saint Patrick

Ah, yes, divorce... from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet.
Robin Williams

I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people.
Dan Quayle

They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?
Fidel Castro

I liked Latin, I like languages, I liked all the myths, and the Roman tales that we were required to translate in Latin, and all these interesting people who were never quite what they thought they would be or seemed to be.
Suzanne Farrell

Long live the Unity of Latin America.
Hugo Chavez

First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit for that.
Carlos Santana

In the United States there's a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries, in Catholic countries, a successful person is a sinner.
Umberto Eco

Going back into the history of a word, very often into Latin, we come back pretty commonly to pictures or models of how things happen or are done.
J. L. Austin

Latin Translations

Latin in Afrikaans is Latyns, Latyn
Latin in Dutch is Latijns
latin in French is latine
Latin in Norwegian is Latinsk
latin in Swedish is latin

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