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What does the word latin mean?

Part of speech: noun

A member of the Roman Catholic Church.

Part of speech: noun

The language of ancient Rome.

Part of speech: adjective

Pertaining to ancient Rome, its language or people, or to nations derived from the ancient Romans.

Usage examples for latin

So much the greater, then, was the joy when the news ran round Europe that a library, formed in the best age of Latin literature, was discovered at Herculaneum. – Naples Past and Present by Arthur H. Norway
So now the Latin Quarter had begun, and in no time at all it was going strong. – Ma Pettengill by Harry Leon Wilson
The Latin language was pagan, but now it is Christian too. – The Agony of the Church (1917) by Nikolaj Velimirovic