Latinum

See also: latinum

Latin

Alternative forms

• latīnum

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /laˈtiː.num/, [ɫ̪äˈt̪iːnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /laˈti.num/, [läˈt̪iːnum]

Noun

Latīnum n sg (genitive Latīnī); second declension

1. Latin language
   • c. 45 BCE, Cicero, Tusculan Disputations 3.29:

     Licet enim, ut saepe facimus, in Latinum illa convertere.

     It is therefore proper, as we often do, to translate those things into Latin.

   • 44 BCE, Cicero, De Officiis 2.87:

     Has res commodissime Xenophon Socraticus persecutus est in eo libro, qui Oeconomicus inscribitur, quem nos, ista fere aetate cum essemus, qua es tu nunc, e Graeco in Latinum convertimus.

     Xenophon agreeably discussed this topic in his book entitled Oeconomicus, which I translated when I was almost your age, from Greek into Latin.

   • 23–79 CE, Gaius Plinius Secundus, Epistulae:

     Ūtile in prīmīs, et multī praecipiunt, vel ex Graecō in Latīnum vel ex Latīnō vertere in Graecum.

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   • 556-636 CE, Isidorus Hispalensis, Etymologiae, page VIII:

     Nam cum "iūstitia’ sonum Z litterā exprimat, tamen, quia Latīnum est, per T scrībendum est. Sīc "mīlitia" "malitia" "nēquitia" et cētera similia.

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Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Latīnum
genitive	Latīnī
dative	Latīnō
accusative	Latīnum
ablative	Latīnō
vocative	Latīnum

See also

• Latīnitās
• Graecum

Adjective

Latīnum

1. inflection of Latīnus:
   1. accusative masculine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular