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Definition of Latin alphabet
1. Noun. The alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe.
Generic synonyms: Alphabet, Bicameral Script
Member holonyms: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, Double-u, W, Ex, X, Wye, Y, Ezed, Izzard, Z, Zed, Zee
Definition of Latin alphabet
1. Noun. The 26-letter alphabet consisting of the following letters (presented in majuscule and minuscule pairs): ¹
2. Noun. Any relatively minor variation of the 26-letter Latin alphabet. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Latin Alphabet
Literary usage of Latin alphabet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... third letter in the Latin alphabet and its descendants corresponds in position
and in origin to the Greek Gamma (Г, -y), which in its turn is borrowed ..."
2. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on by Joseph Henry Allen, James Bradstreet Greenough (1916)
"The Latin alphabet is the same as the English (which is in fact borrowed from it)
... The Latin alphabet -was borrowed in very early times from a Greek ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"M In the Latin alphabet of the mans, as represented in their earliest ... Thus the
early Latin alphabet was without the symbol K. There is in this use of ..."
4. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... the derived Italian alphabet held to tbe V. Eventually Y, with an altered
phonetic value, was adopted into the Latin alphabet as a distinct character. ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Its position and form are derived from the Latin alphabet, which received them
from the Western Greek alphabet. The alphabet of the Western Greeks differed ..."
6. Introduction to the Study of Latin Inscriptions by James Chidester Egbert (1896)
"PART I —*— CHAPTER I THE Latin alphabet (HISTORICAL) FOK its civilization Rome
was greatly indebted to the Greeks. Its philosophy was transplanted from ..."
7. A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by Albert Harkness (1892)
"The Latin alphabet is the same as the English with the omission of w. ' The Romans
derived their alphabet from the Greek colony at Cumae. ..."
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