Old Latin

American  

noun

1. the Latin language in use from the earliest inscriptions to c100 b.c. OL, OL., O.L.

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Old Latin British  

noun

1. the Latin language before the classical period, up to about 100 _bc

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Etymology

Origin of Old Latin

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

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Old Latin

Its chief critical use must be to show that the united testimony of the Old Latin, of the Curetonian Syriac, and of Cod.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

Text is Old Latin in the Gospels, Vulgate in the rest of the New Test.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

The versions are usually considered his weakest point, although he first accorded to the Vulgate and to its prototype the Old Latin the importance they deserve.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

How much is contained in Cureton's Syriac and the Old Latin for which no Greek original can now be alleged?

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

B though in a much lesser degree compared with Cod. א: the Old Latin and Peshitto Versions compared with Cod.

From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William