Latinity

American  

[luh-tin-i-tee] / ləˈtɪn ɪ ti /

noun

1. knowledge or use of the Latin language.

   He bemoaned the lack of Latinity among today's scholars.

2. Latin style or idiom.

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Latinity British  

/ ləˈtɪnɪtɪ /

noun

1. facility in the use of Latin

2. Latin style, esp in literature

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Etymology

Origin of Latinity

First recorded in 1610–20, Latinity is from the Latin word latīnitās Latin style. See Latin, -ity

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Example Sentences

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Latinity

"A union between European and South American nations based on Latinity would be primarily sentimental because Latinity is primarily sentimental."

From Time Magazine Archive

He has been the personal chum of everyone that ever read Latinity.

From A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories by Edgar Wilson

The Latinity has a strong African colouring, and is crammed with obsolete words, agreeably to the taste of the time.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

—What is the origin of a phrase known to readers of a certain Latinity, "Fides Carbonaria?"

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

Nobody ever carried further the pedantic affectation of avoiding modern terms in his Latinity.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam

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