Latinum

See also: latinum

Latin

Alternative forms

• latīnum

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫaˈtiː.nũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [laˈtiː.num]

Proper noun

Latīnum n sg (genitive Latīnī); second declension

2. Latin (language of the ancient Romans)
   • c. 45 BCE, Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 3.29:

     […] licet enim, ut sæpe facimus, in Latīnum illa convertere:

     […] it is therefore proper, as we often do, to translate those things into Latin:

   • 44 BCE, Cicero, De officiis 2.87:

     Hās rēs commodissimē Xenophōn Socrāticus persecūtus est in eō librō, quī 'Œconomicus' īnscrībitur, quem nōs, istā ferē̆ ætāte cum essēmus, quā es tū nunc, ē Græcō in Latīnum 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 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Epistulae:

     Ūtile in prīmīs, et multī præcipiunt, vel ex Græcō in Latīnum vel ex Latīnō vertere in Græcum.

     It is especially useful, and many recommend it, to translate either from Greek into Latin or from Latin into Greek.

   • c. 600 CE – 625 CE, Isidorus Hispalensis, Etymologiae I.XXVII.28:

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

     For although “iūstitia” sounds like it has the letter Z, since it is Latin, it must be written with a T. The same goes for “mīlitia”, “malitia”, “nēquitia”, and other similar words.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

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

See also

• Graecum
• Latīnitās

Adjective

Latīnum

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