Latīnus, Latīna, Latīnum

Definitions for Latīnus

Wheelock's Latin

Adjective

1
Latin
English derivatives:
Latinate Latinist Latinity Latinize Latino

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Adjective

1
Of or belonging to Latium, Latin. (b) feriae ~ae, the annual religious ceremony of the Latins;(see also LATINAE). (c) uia ~a, the Latin Way, a road from Rome to Beneventum; (see also LATINA).
2
Of or in the Latin language, Latin. (b) belonging to or written in good Latin, correct. (c) in plain or unadorned Latin.
3
Possessing the ius Latii (see LATIVM); nomen ~um, the people having this status; (also masc. as sb.); ~i Iuniani, a class of freedmen: see IVNIANVS.
4
(poet.) Roman or Italian.

Sentences with Latīnus

Latin to English

Dīxit ut litterīs Latīnīs studērent.Compare He said that they should study Latin literature (he told them to study ...).

Plūrēs quidem discipulōs hortēmur ut linguae Latīnae studeant.Compare Let us urge more students certainly to study the Latin language.

Eīs persuādet ut Latīnae studeant.Compare He is persuading them to study Latin.

Vīsne habēre multum sapientiae? Studē Latīnae!Compare Do you wish to have much wisdom? Study Latin!

Doceāmus magnā cum dēlectātiōne linguam Latīnam.Compare Let us teach the Latin language with great delight.

Praestabat castas humilis fortuna Latina quondam.Compare Humble circumstances formerly kept the Latin women chaste.

Noster duo eventus cerno, quantum eques Latinus Romanus praesto.Compare It will be seen by the fortunes of us two, how much a Latin knight excels a Roman.

Dum Latinus loquor litterae, quercus ille hic locus non desum.Compare Whilst Latin literature shall have a voice, that oak shall not be wanting to this spot.

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 143.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1006.
Word frequencies
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).

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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "Latīnus, Latīna, Latīnum (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified September 3, 2023. Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/latinus-latina-latinum.