Latin
WordNet
adjective
(1) Having or resembling the psychology or temper characteristic of people of Latin America
"Very Latin in temperament"
"A Latin disdain"
"His hot Latin blood"
(2) Of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language
"Latin verb conjugations"
(3) Of or relating to the ancient region of Latium
"Latin towns"
(4) Relating to languages derived from Latin
"Romance languages"
(5) Relating to people or countries speaking Romance languages
"Latin America"
noun
(6) Any dialect of the language of ancient Rome
(7) A person who is a member of those peoples whose languages derived from Latin
(8) An inhabitant of ancient Latium
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Etymology
From latinus, from Latium, the region around Rome, possibly from latus, side, + adjective suffix -inus.
Adjective
- Of or relating to the language spoken in ancient Rome.
- Of or relating to the script of the language spoken in ancient Rome and many modern alphabets.
- Of or relating to ancient Rome or its Empire.
- Of or relating to the customs and people descended from the ancient Romans and their Empire.
- Of or relating to Latium (modern Lazio), the region around Rome.
- Of or from Latin America or of Latin American culture.
Proper noun
- The language of the ancient Romans; Classical Latin.
Noun
- A person native to ancient Rome or its Empire.
- A person who is descended from the ancient Romans.
- A person whose native tongue is one descended from Latin, such as a Spaniard or Italian.
Proper noun
- Latin (person native to ancient Rome or its Empire, descended from the ancient Romans or speaking a Romance language)
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