Classical Latin

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noun

1. the form of Latin used in classical literature, especially the literary Latin of the 1st century b.c. and the 1st and 2nd centuries a.d.

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Example Sentences

Classical Latin, with the exception of Tacitus, is cold-blooded and self-satisfied.

From A Mere Accident by Moore, George (George Augustus)

Classical Latin literature dates from the beginning of Rome's free intercourse with Greece, a thing brought about by the conquest of the Hellenic colonies in Southern Italy.

From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips)

Classical Latin poetry was, as we have seen, written throughout in alien metres, to which indeed the language was adapted with immense dexterity, but which still remained foreign to its natural structure.

From Latin Literature by Mackail, J. W. (John William)

Classical Latin had also a word cortina, meaning a caldron or round kettle.

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