Definition of Low Latin

1. Noun. Any dialect of Latin other than the classical.

Generic synonyms: Latin
Specialized synonyms: Vulgar Latin, Medieval Latin

Definition of Low Latin

1. Proper noun. Vulgar Latin ¹

2. Proper noun. Late Latin or Medieval Latin ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Low Latin

Love waves
Lovech
Lovecraft
Lovecraftian
Lovelace
Lovell
Loven reflex
Lovibond's angle
Lovibond's profile sign
Lovina
Lovoa
Lovoa klaineana
Low Archipelago
Low Countries
Low German
Low Latin (current term)
Low Saxon
Low Sunday
Lowe's syndrome
Lowe-Terrey-MacLachlan syndrome
Lowell
Lowell Jackson Thomas
Lowell Thomas
Lowellian
Lowenberg's canal
Lowenberg's forceps
Lowenberg's scala
Lowenstein-Jensen culture medium
Lowenstein-Jensen medium

Literary usage of Low Latin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1900)
"French from Low Latin from Celtic: felon?. Spanish from Low Latin from Celtic ... We must also include the following : Low Latin from French from Latin ..."

2. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"... the idea of a bladder was uppermost in the minds of those who coined the French word fnl, fool, jester, from the low Latin follis, bellows or bladder. ..."

3. Names and Their Histories: A Handbook of Historical Geography and by Isaac Taylor (1898)
"From the Low-Latin riparia, which means a plain for hunting birds, primarily one on the banks of a river, we have Rivière, Rivery, la Rivier, and la Ripara. ..."

4. Catalogue by Yale University, Columbia university, Hokkaido University (1899)
"37 Low Latin. I hr. The aim of this course, which extends over two years, is to give an historical account of the popular speech of Rome and of the Roman ..."

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