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

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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 Hallam, Henry

Don't talk of your Provost and Fellows of Trinity, Famous forever at Greek and Latinity, Faix! and the divels and all at Divinity— Father O'Flynn'd make hares of them all!

From The Charm of Ireland by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

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 School, A Sexton of the Old

The style is clear and concise, although somewhat rhetorical, and the Latinity, for the period, good.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various