New Latin

American  

noun

1. the Latin that became current, notably in scientific literature, after the Renaissance, c1500. NL, NL., N.L.

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New Latin British  

noun

1. Also called: Neo-Latin.  the form of Latin used since the Renaissance, esp for scientific nomenclature

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Example Sentences

At various points in his life he both studied and taught film, wrote screenplays and helped establish and lead the New Latin American Cinema Foundation in Cuba.

From New York Times

It was borrowed from the New Latin “vaccina,” which goes back to Latin’s feminine “vaccinus,” meaning “of or from a cow.”

From Washington Times

It was borrowed from the New Latin "vaccina," which goes back to Latin's feminine "vaccinus," meaning "of or from a cow."

From Fox News

It is derived from New Latin, meaning that it was not current in ancient Rome; its first recorded use was in 1539, in the Middle Ages, when Latin was the lingua franca of scientific writing.

From The New Yorker

This essay, “Montevideo, Mate in the Cathedral,” is excerpted from “How to Travel without Seeing: Dispatches from the New Latin America” by Andrés Neuman, translated by Jeffrey Lawrence, coming from Restless Books in August.

From Los Angeles Times