Synonyms for latins

Grammar : Noun

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Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæt n

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Définition of latins

Origin : Old English latin, from Latin Latinus "belonging to Latium," the region of Italy around Rome, possibly from PIE root *stela- "to spread, extend," with a sense of "flat country" (as opposed to the mountainous district of the Sabines), or from a prehistoric non-IE language. The Latin adjective also was used of the Roman language and people.
Centurion: What's this, then? ‘People called Romanes they go the house?’Brian: It ... it says, ‘Romans, go home.’Centurion [thrashing him like a schoolboy]: No, it doesn't. ‘Go home?' This is motion towards. Isn't it, boy?Brian: Ah ... ah, dative, sir! Ahh! No, not dative! Not the dative, sir! No! Ah! Oh, the ... accusative! Domum, sir! Ah! Oooh! Ah!Centurion [pulling him by the ear]: Except that domum takes the ...?Brian: The locative, sir![Monty Python, "Life of Brian"]
Used as a designation for "people whose languages descend from Latin" (1856), hence Latin America (1862). The Latin Quarter (French Quartier latin) of Paris, on the south (left) bank of the Seine, was the site of university buildings in the Middle Ages, hence the place where Latin was spoken. The surname Latimer, Lattimore, etc. is from Vulgar Latin latimarus, from Latin latinarius "interpreter," literally "a speaker of Latin."

As in Romance language : noun languages derived from latin

Example sentences :

Nay, this use was not unknown to the Latins, as may be proved from Virgil and Ovid.
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox

She was the model capital, a standard to which the Latins strove to rise.
Extract from : « The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism » by Franz Cumont

Their teaching was a cause of surprise and admiration to the Latins.
Extract from : « A Literary History of the English People » by Jean Jules Jusserand

The aversion of the Greeks to the Latins had grown now for centuries.
Extract from : « Peter the Hermit » by Daniel A. Goodsell

The Latins were tolerable to the Greeks only when the Greeks needed their aid.
Extract from : « Peter the Hermit » by Daniel A. Goodsell

They could not be looked for among the Latins of the Renaissance.
Extract from : « The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy » by Jacob Burckhardt

And first he joined the Latins to the Romans, contriving the matter in this fashion.
Extract from : « Stories From Livy » by Alfred Church

The south-west wind of the Latins, and used by some of the early voyagers.
Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth

When he has romped through the Greek classics he plays about among the Latins.
Extract from : « The Angel and the Author - and Others » by Jerome K. Jerome

Of its relation to the Latins and Etruscans I have already spoken.
Extract from : « The Religious Experience of the Roman People » by W. Warde Fowler

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