Latin
Latin
noun
Latinism
noun
Latinist
noun
语源
noun
- [mass noun]the language of ancient Rome and its empire, widely used historically as a language of scholarship and administration
拉丁语（古罗马及其帝国的语言，当时被广泛用作学术和行政语言）
Latin is a member of the Italic branch of the Indo-European family of languages. After the decline of the Roman Empire it continued to be a medium of communication among educated people throughout the Middle Ages in Europe and elsewhere, and remained the liturgical language of the Roman Catholic Church until the reforms of the second Vatican Council (1962–5); it is still used for scientific names in biology and astronomy. The Romance languages are derived from it - a native or inhabitant of a country whose language developed from Latin, especially a Latin American
拉丁语系国家成员（居民),（尤指）拉丁美洲人
■[mass noun]music of a kind originating in Latin America, characterized by dance rhythms and extensive use of indigenous percussion instruments
拉丁美洲音乐（以节奏和本土打击乐器为特征）
- of, relating to, or in the Latin language
（与）拉丁语（有关）的
Latin poetry.
拉丁语诗歌。
■of or relating to the countries or peoples using languages, such as French and Spanish, that developed from Latin
（与）拉丁语系国家（或人民，如用法语、西班牙语的人）（有关）的
■of, relating to, or characteristic of Latin American music or dance
（与）拉美音乐舞蹈（有关）的，有拉美音乐舞蹈特色的
snapping his fingers to a Latin beat.
按照拉丁舞乐节奏劈啪捻手指。
■of or relating to the Western or Roman Catholic Church (as historically using Latin for its rites)
（与）天主教会（有关）的（因仪式中传统使用拉丁语）
the Latin patriarch of Antioch.
土耳其安提俄克城天主教大主教。
■(historical)of or relating to ancient Latium or its inhabitants
(史)（与）古拉丁姆（有关）的；（与）古拉丁姆人（有关）的
Latinism
noun
Latinist
noun
语源
- from Latin Latinus 'of Latium' (see Latium)
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