latin

IPA: ɫˈætʌn

Root Word: Latin

(uncountable) The language of the ancient Romans, other Latins and of the Roman Catholic church, especially Classical Latin.
The Latin alphabet or writing system.
(printing) The nonsense placeholder text (often based on real Latin) used in greeking.
(historical) A person native to ancient Rome or its Empire.
(historical) A member of an Italic tribe that included the early inhabitants of the city of Rome, and from about 1000 BC inhabited the region known as Old Latium.
A person from one of the modern European countries (including Italy, Spain etc.) whose language is descended from Latin.
A person from Latin America.
(Christianity) A person adhering to Roman Catholic practice.
A surname from Middle English.

Of or relating to the language spoken in ancient Rome and other cities of Latium which is now rarely used.
Of or relating to the script of the language spoken in ancient Rome and many modern alphabets.
Of or relating to ancient Rome or its Empire.
Of or relating to Latium (modern Lazio), the region around Rome.
Of or relating to the customs and people descended from the ancient Romans and their Empire.
Of or from Latin America or of Latin American culture.
(Christianity) Roman Catholic; of or pertaining to the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church.

Examples of "latin" in Sentences

Latin is the radix of English.
English has its radix in Latin.
The locative case is rare in Latin.
He has the ability to quip in Latin.
Augury was Latin or Italic, not Etruscan.
It gives the Latin name of the butterfly.
The Vatican is trying to resurrect Latin.
Derivatives of English words are usually Latin.
It is the equivalent of the Latin second declension.
It means “warm” in latin and “beautiful” in greek so …
The ability to conduct a Latin mass is not evidence of fluency in Latin.
I would not be surprised if every government (at least in latin america) is doing something similar.
( "Before you can get on the plane, TSA procedures require each of you to place your underwear on your head and sing 'I'm a Little Teapot' in latin ...")
Also the term latin american & hispanic being a race apart from the white is some nonsense tag given by the fu**ing fatass and ignorants northern Americans excluding Canadians.
Now, while it may appear that this story has nothing to do with Mexico, that is incorrect and the reason I am telling that story on this thread is because it is critical for readers to know the attitudes of certain latin cultures toward the law.
I read an article not too long ago that said that sugar farmers in latin/south America were actually harvesting their sugar, adding poisons to it so that it was no longer edible (to get around edible sugar import tariffs), and then exporting it to the US for methanol production.