Old Latin
the Latin language in use from the earliest inscriptions to c100 b.c. Abbreviations: OL, OL., O.L.
Origin of Old Latin
1- Also called Archaic Latin .
Words Nearby Old Latin
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How to use Old Latin in a sentence
Indeed, the Old Latin communities, with the exception of Tibur and Prneste, had sunk into insignificance.
The Two Great Republics: Rome and the United States | James Hamilton LewisAnd then he found that she knew several of the Old Latin hymns by heart, as they had been favorites of the English clergyman.
A Little Girl in Old Salem | Amanda Minnie DouglasThe war had made a profound impression upon him; his Old Latin blood had revolted at this return to barbarity.
Bouvard and Pcuchet, part 2 | Gustave FlaubertYet the sermon, after all, in the Old Latin word sermo is only a discourse, and I am going to make mine as brief as possible.
Education: How Old The New | James J. WalshLucilia here speaks in the tone of the Old Latin comedies (Plautus, Terence).
Quintus Claudius, Volume 1 of 2 | Ernst Eckstein
British Dictionary definitions for Old Latin
the Latin language before the classical period, up to about 100 bc
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