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Classical Latin

noun

The language of educated people in ancient Rome.

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"Classical Latin" Quotes from Famous Books

... earliest copies we have of classical Latin authors come from this century, when old copies of them were actively sought out and transcribed. Often great liberties in the way of revision and even abridgment of the text were taken by the scholars of the time, and, once transcribed, the ...

— The Wanderings and Homes of Manuscripts - Helps for Students of History, No. 17. • M. R. James

... the title-page, glanced at the American preface, etc., and then plunged in promiscuously. "It has less Latin than I expected. Is it good classical Latin?" ...

— Bart Ridgeley - A Story of Northern Ohio • A. G. Riddle

Words linked to "Classical Latin" : Latin