Definition of Latinity

1. n. The Latin tongue, style, or idiom, or the use thereof; specifically, purity of Latin style or idiom.

Definition of Latinity

1. Noun. Latin character ¹

2. Noun. Latin literature considered as a whole ¹

3. Noun. The quality of a particular person's Latin speech or writing ¹

4. Noun. A Latinism ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Latinity

1. a manner of writing or speaking Latin [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Latinity

latigo
latigoes
latigos
latilla
latillas
latimer
latimerias
latimers
latin
latin america
latina
latinas
latinate
latinise
latinities
latinity (current term)
latinization
latinizations
latinize
latinized
latinizes
latinizing
latinly
latinos
lation
latirostres
latirostrous
latiseptate
latish
latisimus dorsi

Literary usage of Latinity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Classical World by Classical Association of the Atlantic States (1908)
"THE latinity FETISH As a working definition, a "fetish" may be described as an object of superstitious reverence. Although Lowell exhibited no ..."

2. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"The higher standard of official and diplomatic latinity which be introduced had the effect of opening employment to professional scholars in many chanceries ..."

3. A Study of Augustine's Versions of Genesis by John Strayer McIntosh (1912)
"CHAPTER IV THE latinity OF THE OLD LATIN BIBLE The phase of the Old Latin Bible that is of ... The current opinions in reference to the latinity of the ..."

4. English Literature: An Illustrated Record by Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse (1905)
"The latinity seems to savour of a later time than Mandeville's, yet may well represent an earlier inscription, and the assertion made seems sufficiently ..."

5. The Life of Charles Lamb by Edward Verrall Lucas (1907)
"... latinity—The Clarkson Memorial—" In My Own Album " —The Removal to Enfield—Mary Lamb 111 Again—Enter Thomas West- wood—Lamb and Walton—Robinson at ..."

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