Vulgar Latin
popular Latin, as distinguished from literary or standard Latin, especially those spoken forms of Latin from which the Romance languages developed. Abbreviation: VL
Origin of Vulgar Latin
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How to use Vulgar Latin in a sentence
We cannot indeed ascertain in what degree the Vulgar Latin differed from that of Cicero or Seneca.
This is sufficiently proven by the lingua coquinaria, the Vulgar Latin of our old work.
Cooking and Dining in Imperial Rome | ApiciusThe line of reasoning which the Romance philologist follows in his study of Vulgar Latin is equally convincing.
The Common People of Ancient Rome | Frank Frost AbbottIt is true that formal Latin came from a Latin of a more popular and a cruder character, but it did not come from Vulgar Latin.
The Common People of Ancient Rome | Frank Frost AbbottIt is true that Vulgar Latin came from a Latin with fuller and freer forms, but it did not come from formal Latin.
The Common People of Ancient Rome | Frank Frost Abbott
British Dictionary definitions for Vulgar Latin
any of the dialects of Latin spoken in the Roman Empire other than classical Latin. The Romance languages developed from them
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