Latin n. 1.A native or inhabitant of Latium; a Roman.
2.The language of the ancient Romans.
3.An exercise in schools, consisting in turning English into Latin. (Obs.)
4.(Eccl.) A member of the Roman Catholic Church.
Dog Latin, barbarous Latin; a jargon in imitation of Latin; as, the log Latin of schoolboys.
Late Latin, Low Latin, terms used indifferently to designate the latest stages of the Latin language; low Latin (and, perhaps, late Latin also), including the barbarous coinages from the French, German, and other languages into a Latin form made after the Latin had become a dead language for the people.
Law Latin, that kind of late, or low, Latin, used in statutes and legal instruments; often barbarous.
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