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Definition of Low Latin
1. Noun. Any dialect of Latin other than the classical.
Definition of Low Latin
1. Proper noun. Vulgar Latin ¹
2. Proper noun. Late Latin or Medieval Latin ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Low Latin
Literary usage of Low Latin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1900)
"French from Low Latin from Celtic: felon?. Spanish from Low Latin from Celtic
... We must also include the following : Low Latin from French from Latin ..."
2. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"... the idea of a bladder was uppermost in the minds of those who coined the French
word fnl, fool, jester, from the low Latin follis, bellows or bladder. ..."
3. Names and Their Histories: A Handbook of Historical Geography and by Isaac Taylor (1898)
"From the Low-Latin riparia, which means a plain for hunting birds, primarily one
on the banks of a river, we have Rivière, Rivery, la Rivier, and la Ripara. ..."
4. Catalogue by Yale University, Columbia university, Hokkaido University (1899)
"37 Low Latin. I hr. The aim of this course, which extends over two years, is to
give an historical account of the popular speech of Rome and of the Roman ..."
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