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

The European and Italian forms of the Old Latin version will be discussed afterwards.

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

The figures at the bottom give Eusebius's harmony of the Gospels: this particular scheme is found in Syrian manuscripts and in the Old Latin Codex Rehdigerianus at Breslau.

From The Influence of the Bible on Civilisation by Dobschutz, Ernst Von

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

The MS. consists of 180 leaves or fragments, written in an Irish hand, but much injured by damp; it contains the four Gospels in the usual Old Latin order, but mut.

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

D of the Gospels and Acts, in the other ancient copies which contain a Latin translation, in the Old Latin and Vulgate versions, and in the Latin Fathers.

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