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Definition of Italic language
1. Noun. A branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative.
Generic synonyms: Indo-european, Indo-european Language, Indo-hittite
Specialized synonyms: Osco-umbrian, Latin
Derivative terms: Italic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Italic Language
Literary usage of Italic language
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, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Dempster, Lucca, 1767), who sought to prove them to be in an italic language, —
in •fact, a dialect of the Latin. This opinion has maintained its ground ..."
2. A Brief History of Roman Literature for Schools and Colleges by Hermann Bender (1896)
"The italic language, like its sister languages, Greek and Sanskrit, is a member
of the Indo-European family of languages.1 The Latin is a dialect of the ..."
3. The Science of Language: Linguistics, Philology, Etymology by Abel Hovelacque (1877)
"But with Lanzi originated the now generally received opinion that Etruscan is an
italic language in the same sense that Latin, Oscan, and Umbrian are. ..."
4. The Cyclopædia of Education: A Dictionary of Information for the Use of by Henry Kiddle, Alexander Jacob Schem (1883)
"... branch of the Old italic language, to the Greek has led some philologists to
assume that both the Italic and the Greek language sprung from one branch, ..."
5. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"... tongue of the Greeks, to that tongue which we must regard as the common mother
of the varions dialects— among them, of the Greece-italic language ..."
6. Subject Classification, with Tables, Indexes, Etc., for the Subdivision of by James Duff Brown (1906)
"... Classics (Latin and Greek), Latin (Italic) Language Literature Umbrian Oscan
Classic Latin Language Literature Macaronic Latin Mediaeval Latin Lang. ..."
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