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classical Latin

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Noun1.classical Latin - the language of educated people in ancient Rome; "Latin is a language as dead as dead can be. It killed the ancient Romans--and now it's killing me"
Latin - any dialect of the language of ancient Rome


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In the schools, an educated young man like Freud would have learned additional modern languages such as French and English, as well as receiving training in classical Latin and Greek.
The ability of Anglo-Saxon monks to produce work in excellent classical Latin is noted.
5) The root of the word electricity can be found in the New Latin electricus, "amber-like", the classical Latin electrum, and in the Greek word elektron, meaning amber.
 
 
 
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