latin

n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Latium; a Roman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The language of the ancient Romans. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An exercise in schools, consisting in turning English into Latin. [ Obs. ] Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Eccl.) A member of the Roman Catholic Church. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To write or speak in Latin; to turn or render into Latin. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. That part of the American continents that speak Spanish, Portuguese, or French; the part of the American continents south of the United States. [ PJC ]

prop. a. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Latin America. [ PJC ]

prop. n. A native or inhabitant of Latin America. [ PJC ]

adj. derived from or imitative of Latin. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. Same as Latinize.
Syn. -- Romanize, Latinize. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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 ]