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

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

Late Latin slang for hirsuta, and always used of nasty places or nasty people; it shall not stay.

From Proserpina, Volume 2 Studies Of Wayside Flowers by Ruskin, John

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

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

This is from a Late Latin diminutive aulæolum, a small chapel or shrine, which was dissimilated into auræolum.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

The words chieftain and captain are doublets coming from the Late Latin word capitaneus, "chief;" the former through the Old French word chevetaine, and the latter more directly from the Latin.

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