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Low Latin

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Low Latin
n
(Linguistics / Languages) any form or dialect of Latin other than the classical, such as Vulgar or Medieval Latin
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Noun1.Low Latin - any dialect of Latin other than the classical
Latin - any dialect of the language of ancient Rome
Vulgar Latin - nonclassical Latin dialects spoken in the Roman Empire; source of Romance languages
Medieval Latin - Latin used for liturgical purposes during the Middle Ages
Translations
Low Latin nbasso latino


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Precisely here, in fact, is the real reason for the decision to make the Jews speak in their popular language, Aramaic, and the Romans in a low Latin, of the military, which wounds our schoolboy ears, used to Ciceronian refinements.
The evidence of historians from Strabo and Plutarch on down reminds us that the Basques were a fiercely independent people speaking a strange language utterly unrelated to high or low Latin, or any of its local corruptions and variants amongst the Romance family.
The word fantastic (Shakespeare from Low Latin v iaOld French) has been widely adapted to convey excessive pleasure, such as shagtastic.
 
 
 
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