Late Latin

American  

noun

1. the Latin of the late Western Roman Empire and of patristic literature, from about a.d. 150 to 700. LL, L.L.

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Late Latin British  

noun

1. the form of written Latin used from the 3rd to the 7th centuries _ad See also Biblical Latin Medieval Latin

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Etymology

Origin of Late Latin

First recorded in 1845–50

Example Sentences

The name peach comes to us from the Late Latin word pessica, which was a bad way of saying "Persica."

From Stories That Words Tell Us by O'Neill, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Speakman)

This was connected with the verb διαιτᾶν, in the sense of “to rule,” “to regulate”; compare the office of διαιτητής at Athens, and dieteta, “umpire,” in Late Latin.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various

There is some difficulty in connecting the classical and the Late Latin words.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

In Late Latin there was a tendency to this spirant pronunciation which appears as early as the beginning of the 2nd century A.D.; by the 3rd century b and consonantal u are inextricably confused.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various

Our word 'squirrel' comes through the Late Latin diminutive forms, scuriolus, squirolus, squirelus.

From Readings from Latin Verse With Notes by Bushnell, Curtis C.