Low Latin

American  

noun

1. any form of nonclassical Latin, as Late Latin, Vulgar Latin, or Medieval Latin. LL, L.L.

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Low Latin British  

noun

1. any form or dialect of Latin other than the classical, such as Vulgar or Medieval Latin

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Etymology

Origin of Low Latin

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

Middle, Medieval, or Low Latin, the Latin of the middle age between 600 and 1500 A.D.;

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Do you know at least ze Low Latin? ze Greek? ze Hebrew? ze Arabic? ze Chinese?

From General Bramble by Maurois, André

The equivalents of the latter are: French, langue maternelle; Spanish, lengua materna; Italian, lingua materna, etc., all of which are modifications or imitations of a Low Latin lingua materna, or lingua maternalis.

From The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Chamberlain, Alexander F.

Far in the north of Spain, however, among the Christians who had adopted the Low Latin, was the formation of the Spanish language.

From History of Human Society by Blackmar, Frank W. (Frank Wilson)

Another derivation is from the Low Latin, "tricator," a deceiver.

From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing