Defn: A Latin idiom; a mode of speech peculiar to Latin; also, a mode of speech in another language, as English, formed on a Latin model.
Note: The term is also sometimes used by Biblical scholars to designate a Latin word in Greek letters, or the Latin sense of a Greek word in the Greek Testament.
LATINIST
Lat"in*ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. latiniste.]
Defn: One skilled in Latin; a Latin scholar. Cowper.
He left school a good Latinist. Macaulay.
LATINISTIC
Lat`in*is"tic, a.
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or derived from, Latin; in the Latin style or idiom. "Latinistic words." Fitzed. Hall.
LATINITASTER
La*tin"i*tas`ter, n. Etym: [Cf. Poetaster.]
Defn: One who has but a smattering of Latin. Walker.
LATINITY
La*tin"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. latinitas: cf. F. latinité.]
Defn: The Latin tongue, style, or idiom, or the use thereof; specifically, purity of Latin style or idiom. "His eleLatinity." Motley.