Late Latin

American  

noun

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

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Late Latin British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Late Latin

First recorded in 1845–50

Example Sentences

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Late Latin

It was meant by them to show contempt, and came from the Italian word cavaliere, which means literally "a horseman," coming from the Late Latin word caballus, "a horse."

From Stories That Words Tell Us by Elizabeth (Elizabeth Speakman) O'Neill

Our word 'squirrel' comes through the Late Latin diminutive forms, scuriolus, squirolus, squirelus.

From Readings from Latin Verse With Notes by Curtis C. Bushnell

This was connected with the verb διαιτᾶν, in the sense of “to rule,” “to regulate”; compare the office of διαιτητής at Athens, and dieteta, “umpire,” in Late Latin.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various

Late Latin slang for hirsuta, and always used of nasty places or nasty people; it shall not stay.

From Proserpina, Volume 2 Studies Of Wayside Flowers by John Ruskin

These are fifty-eight in number and extend from the earliest period down to Imperial and Late Latin.

From Readings from Latin Verse With Notes by Curtis C. Bushnell