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

English was the common language, spattered with classical Latin.

From Seattle Times

It encompassed fine art and classical Latin — Ms. Mayer was educated at the elite National Cathedral School in Washington — as well as references to 1950s television shows and seemingly every character represented at Comic-Con, the international comics festival that she reliably covered for NPR, in full costume and with gusto.

From Washington Post

Of Latin origin in that philosophia and philosophus were naturalized in classical Latin, although their origins are Greek.

From Literature

The Romans, characteristically, lacked a term for ‘innovation’: the meaning given by Lewis and Short’s dictionary for classical Latin instauratio is ‘a renewing, renewal, repetition’; the first meaning given for classical innovo is ‘renew’, and for post-classical innovation ‘renewal’.

From Literature

In classical Latin you demonstrate something by pointing it out with your finger.

From Literature