Latin

(noun.) any dialect of the language of ancient Rome.

(noun.) a person who is a member of those peoples whose languages derived from Latin.

(noun.) an inhabitant of ancient Latium.

(adj.) of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language; 'Latin verb conjugations' .

(adj.) of or relating to the ancient region of Latium; 'Latin towns' .

(adj.) relating to people or countries speaking Romance languages; 'Latin America' .

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• He tried to look knowing over the Latin grammar when little Rawdon showed him what part of that work he was in. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I daresay there's truth in yon Latin book on your shelves; but it's gibberish and not truth to me, unless I know the meaning o' the words. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Years later he wrote to his mother: After all, the way in which we are taught Latin and Greek does not much influence the important st ructure of our minds. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Turkish elements in Russian, Latin in English, Hamitic in Keltic, & so forth; & omitting various Indian, Melanesian & other groups. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In Britain Latin was practically wiped out by the conquering Anglo-Saxons, from among whose various dialects the root stock of English presently grew. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• There is nothing in Latin to compare with the early descriptions of India and Siberia that are to be found in Chinese. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Franklin's letters have been translated into most of the European languages and into Latin. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Later on his work became better known through the Latin translations of the Arabic edition annotated by Averroes. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The Latin tribes on the other side of the Tiber were by comparison barbaric. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Then there are Latin legends and rhymes at the bottom of each page. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The Latin priests say it was stolen away, long ago, by priests of another sect. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• You needn't be so rude, it's only a 'lapse of lingy', as Mr. Davis says, retorted Amy, finishing Jo with her Latin. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Septimius Severus was a Carthaginian, and his sister was never able to master Latin. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He frequently addressed himself to our favourite Luttrell, not being so sure of any other man's Greek and Latin. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• These envoys pressed them to come on to the Great Khan, who at that time had never seen men of the Latin peoples. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The Greeks and Latins lapsed very easily again into republics, and so did the Aryans in India. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• At one point upon the Tiber there was a ford, and here there was a trade between Latins and Etruscans. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• This absurd tale is unknown to the Latins. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The word imports what the Latins call _nanunculus_, the Italians _homunceletino_, and the English _mannikin_. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• The Latins were still a rude farming people. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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