Old Latin

NOUN
  1. the oldest recorded Latin (dating back at early as the 6th century B.C.)
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How To Use Old Latin In A Sentence

  • As Bob Dylan said, "the times they are a changin '," but I prefer the old Latin panton est diversus iam. Deborah Kory: How to Interpret the Ten Commandments
  • He has even asked me to help him "relearn" the old Latin Mass so he can offer it himself. You report: New TLM in the Diocese of Dodge City
  • We have lachrima "teardrop" for example, also spelled lacrima from Old Latin dacruma, which is without a doubt an old word inherited directly from Indo-European *dáḱru. Latin 'pulcher': Is it really an Etruscan loan?
  • This blunder must date from the second century, for 'iterum' is met with in the Old Latin as well as in the Vulgate, the Gothic, the Bohairic, and some other versions. The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels
  • Generally ascribed to the Priscillianist school are the prologues to the four Gospels as they are found in many Old Latin texts.
  • [2835] The old Latin version renders episemon, insigne, illustrious, but there seems to be a reference to the Valentinian notion of the mystic number of 888 formed (10+8+200+70+400+200) by the numerical value of the letters in the word 'Iesous. ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus
  • My old Latin dictionary, untouched since adolescence, also tells me that hic jacent means'here lie' and is a common inscription on gravestones in the singular hic jacet. Times, Sunday Times
  • Latin and was much more conservative of diphthongal sounds; it also used double consonants, which old Latin did not. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius
  • We use carols from every land and quite a lot of the old Latin carols. CHALLENGE FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL
  • Concerning "Flocci-nauci-what-d'ye-call-'em-ists," Canon Ainger has the following interesting note: "'Flocci, nauci' is the beginning of a rule in the old Latin grammars, containing a list of words signifying 'of no account,' _floccus_ being a lock of wool, and _naucus_ a trifle. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb
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