Latin

• adj. 拉丁语的；拉丁人的
• n. 拉丁语；拉丁人

来自拉丁语Latinus,即Latium，古罗马地名，词源同latitude,展开，宽度。即Latium人的语言，拉丁语。

1. any dialect of the language of ancient Rome

2. an inhabitant of ancient Latium

3. a person who is a member of those peoples whose languages derived from Latin

Latin (adj.)

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." "What Latin was to the learned, that their tongue was to laymen; hence latino was used for any dialect, even Arabic and the language of birds ...." [Donkin, "Etymological Dictionary of the Romance Languages," 1864].

Latin (n.)

"the language of the (ancient) Romans," Old English latin, from Latin latinium (see Latin (adj.)). The more common form in Old English was læden, from Vulgar Latin *ladinum, probably influenced by Old English leoden "language."

For example, it doesn't have dozens of different endings for its nouns, adjectives and verbs, not like Latin, Russian and German for example.

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The word "culture" comes the Latin "colere", which literally means "to cultivate".

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The Grand Tourist was typically a young man with a thorough grounding in Greek and Latin literature as well as some leisure time, some means, and some interest in art.

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Early slaves were generally denied education, but Wheatley was allowed by her owner to study poetry, Latin and the Bible.

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Most early books were printed in Latin, but the market for Latin was limited, and in its pursuit of larger markets, the book trade soon produced translations into the national languages emerging at the time.

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Such actions to seek knowledge and to understand what information we already knew were captured by the Latin phrase "sapere aude" or "dare to know", after Immanuel Kant used it in his essay An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment?

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Carol is a tall, dark, Latin type of woman.

卡萝尔身材高大，黑发棕肤，是个有着拉丁风情的女子。

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Latin and Greek will be squeezed out of school timetables.

拉丁语和希腊语将退出学校的课程表。

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Above its doors was a Latin inscription: Non omnia possumus omnes.

门的上方刻有拉丁文铭“人非万能”。

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He broke with the tradition of setting examinations in Latin.

他打破了用拉丁语出试卷的传统。

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Her new classmates knew no Latin.

她的新同学不会拉丁语。

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Latin America lacked skilled labour.

拉丁美洲缺乏熟练工人。

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It's astonishing, he's learned Latin in three hours!

他花了3个小时就学会了拉丁文，真让人吃惊！

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"Data" is the Latin plural form of "datum".

data在拉丁文中是datum的复数形式。

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Creolized forms of Latin were spoken in various parts of Europe.

当时欧洲各地区都讲克里奥尔语形式的拉丁语。

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Many English words are derived from Latin and Greek.

英语很多词源出于拉丁文和希腊文.

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The Latin term " Vulpes " is the generic name for the various type of fox.

拉丁术语 “ Vulpes ” 是不同种类狐狸的属名.

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Over drinks , he speaks longingly of his trip to Latin America.

他带着留恋的心情, 一边喝酒一边叙述他的拉丁美洲之行.

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Many English words are derived from Latin and Greek words.

许多英语词是从拉丁词和希腊词派生而来的.

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Many English words are derivatives of Latin words.

许多英语词来自拉丁语.

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Professor Calen steeps himself in Latin.

盖伦教授精通拉丁文.

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