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

Next to it is the Mathematical Room, but it is on leaving that, and entering the Old Latin Room, that you feel impressed with the great antiquity and beauty of the building.

From Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches by Black, Helen C.

PQ, and for the Old Latin gue, contains in Gothic about forty verses of the Epistle to the Romans, first published by Knittel, 1762.

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

Vulgate text but with a mixture of Old Latin readings.

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

It contains the pericope de adultera in St. John, but in the Vulgate, not the Old Latin, text. r2.

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

Very interesting text; in the Epistles and Acts there are a large number of Old Latin readings; the text of the Acts is especially mixed; orthography incorrect.

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