Latinist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Latinist
From the Medieval Latin word latīnista, dating back to 1530–40. See Latin, -ist
Example Sentences
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The startling and grotesque metamorphosis that ends “The Latinist” might have earned the approval of Ovid himself.
From Washington Post
The late Rev. Reginald Foster, a beloved Latinist from Milwaukee, was called “the gas station attendant” for his cheap blue jackets.
From New York Times
And I know we make fun of Bunny for being such a dreadful Latinist, but he’d managed to eke out a pretty competent little English translation of the more recent entries.
From Literature
“He’s on record as saying that he’s not sure the discipline deserves a future,” Denis Feeney, a Latinist at Princeton, told me.
From New York Times
Known by the Swiss Guards as “the gas-station attendant” because of his blue work shirt and pants, Foster was occasionally controversial, always charming and not whom you’d expect to serve as the Vatican’s head Latinist.
From New York Times
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