Word of the Day 06/24/24 Latinity
Latinity (noun)
Latinity [ luh-tin-i-tee ]
noun
1. knowledge or use of the Latin language: He bemoaned the lack of Latinity among today's scholars.
2. Latin style or idiom.
Origin: First recorded in 1610-20, Latinity is from the Latin word latīnitās Latin style. See Latin, -ity
Example Sentences
If these verses were composed in good Latinity, the first word of the pentameter probably was justitiam.
From Project Gutenberg
Without the remoteness of the Latinity the thought would come too close and shake too cruelly.
From Project Gutenberg
What lot more cursed than to quit the pure ether of Latinity for the lower region of matter?
From Project Gutenberg
It is indeed capable of proof that in the purest ages of Latinity some variation existed between these two.
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Nobody ever carried further the pedantic affectation of avoiding modern terms in his Latinity.
From Project Gutenberg
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.
Latinity [ luh-tin-i-tee ]
noun
1. knowledge or use of the Latin language: He bemoaned the lack of Latinity among today's scholars.
2. Latin style or idiom.
Origin: First recorded in 1610-20, Latinity is from the Latin word latīnitās Latin style. See Latin, -ity
Example Sentences
If these verses were composed in good Latinity, the first word of the pentameter probably was justitiam.
From Project Gutenberg
Without the remoteness of the Latinity the thought would come too close and shake too cruelly.
From Project Gutenberg
What lot more cursed than to quit the pure ether of Latinity for the lower region of matter?
From Project Gutenberg
It is indeed capable of proof that in the purest ages of Latinity some variation existed between these two.
From Project Gutenberg
Nobody ever carried further the pedantic affectation of avoiding modern terms in his Latinity.
From Project Gutenberg
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.