Old Latin

noun

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

Old Latin

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Old Latin¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Indeed, the old Latin communities, with the exception of Tibur and Prneste, had sunk into insignificance.

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And then he found that she knew several of the old Latin hymns by heart, as they had been favorites of the English clergyman.

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The war had made a profound impression upon him; his old Latin blood had revolted at this return to barbarity.

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Yet 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.

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Lucilia here speaks in the tone of the old Latin comedies (Plautus, Terence).

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