latini

n. [ Cf. F. latinisme. ] A Latin idiom; a mode of speech peculiar to Latin; also, a mode of speech in another language, as English, formed on a Latin model. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The term is also sometimes used by Biblical scholars to designate a Latin word in Greek letters, or the Latin sense of a Greek word in the Greek Testament. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. latiniste. ] One skilled in Latin; a Latin scholar. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

He left school a good Latinist. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or derived from, Latin; in the Latin style or idiom. “Latinistic words.” Fitzed. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Poetaster. ] One who has but a smattering of Latin. Walker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. latinitas: cf. F. latinité. ] The Latin tongue, style, or idiom, or the use thereof; specifically, purity of Latin style or idiom. “His ele&unr_;ant Latinity.” Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of Latinizing, as a word, language, or country. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Germanization of Britain went far deeper than the Latinization of France. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To use words or phrases borrowed from the Latin. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To come under the influence of the Romans, or of the Roman Catholic Church. [ 1913 Webster ]