Latinity
Americannoun
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knowledge or use of the Latin language.
He bemoaned the lack of Latinity among today's scholars.
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Latin style or idiom.
noun
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facility in the use of Latin
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Latin style, esp in literature
Etymology
Origin of Latinity
First recorded in 1610–20, Latinity is from the Latin word latīnitās Latin style. See Latin, -ity
Example Sentences
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"A union between European and South American nations based on Latinity would be primarily sentimental because Latinity is primarily sentimental."
From Time Magazine Archive
I trust the bit of Latinity our worthy friar gave me yester e’en is sound sense, else I’ll mope for a week.”
From The Great Mogul by Louis Tracy
M. Édélestand du Méril, who has given especial attention to this period, speaks of the "Alexandreïs" as "a great poem," and remarks that its "Latinity is very elegant for the time."
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 by Various
Last Sabbath morning, I read Cicero’s Dialogus de Amicitia—simple Latinity, and very short—27 sections only.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by A Sexton of the Old School
He has been the personal chum of everyone that ever read Latinity.
From A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories by Edgar Wilson
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