Late Latin

noun

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

Late Latin

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Late Latin¹

First recorded in 1845–50

Example Sentences

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

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In late Latin the neuter adjective capitale, capital, was used of property.

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The genitive construction is not found with sapiens used as noun or adjective till late Latin times.

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It appeared in late Latin and in the other continental languages as well as in English, and at about the same time.

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

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