Latin

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The language of the ancient Romans.

II. Latin ·noun A member of the Roman Catholic Church.

III. Latin ·noun A native or inhabitant of Latium; a Roman.

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

V. Latin ·noun An exercise in schools, consisting in turning English into Latin.

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

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

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