Latimer Lat"i·mer noun [ Old French
latinier ,
latimier , prop., one knowing Latin.]
An interpreter. [ Obsolete]
Coke
Latin Lat"in adjective [ French, from Latin
Latinus belonging to Latium, Latin, from
Latium a country of Italy, in which Rome was situated. Confer
Ladin ,
Lateen sail , under
Lateen .]
1. Of or pertaining to Latium, or to the Latins, a people of Latium; Roman; as, the Latin language. 2. Of, pertaining to, or composed in, the language used by the Romans or Latins; as, a Latin grammar; a Latin composition or idiom. Latin Church (Eccl. Hist.) ,
the Western or Roman Catholic Church, as distinct from the Greek or Eastern Church. --
Latin cross .
See Illust. 1 of Cross . --
Latin races ,
a designation sometimes loosely given to certain nations, esp. the French, Spanish, and Italians, who speak languages principally derived from Latin. Latin Union ,
an association of states, originally comprising France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Italy, which, in 1865, entered into a monetary agreement, providing for an identity in the weight and fineness of the gold and silver coins of those countries, and for the amounts of each kind of coinage by each. Greece, Servia, Roumania, and Spain subsequently joined the Union.
Latin Lat"in noun 1. A native or inhabitant of Latium; a Roman. 2. The language of the ancient Romans. 3. An exercise in schools, consisting in turning English into Latin. [ Obsolete]
Ascham. 4. (Eccl.) A member of the Roman Catholic Church. Dog Latin ,
barbarous Latin; a jargon in imitation of Latin; as, the log Latin of schoolboys. --
Late Latin ,
Low Latin ,
terms used indifferently to designate the latest stages of the Latin language; low Latin (and, perhaps, late Latin also), including the barbarous coinages from the French, German, and other languages into a Latin form made after the Latin had become a dead language for the people. --
Law Latin ,
that kind of late, or low, Latin, used in statutes and legal instruments; -- often barbarous.
Latin Lat"in transitive verb To write or speak in Latin; to turn or render into Latin. [ Obsolete]
Fuller.
Latinism Lat"in·ism noun [ Confer French
latinisme .]
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. » 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 noun [ Confer French
latiniste .]
One skilled in Latin; a Latin scholar. Cowper. He left school a good Latinist .
Macaulay.
Latinistic Lat`in·is"tic adjective Of, pertaining to, or derived from, Latin; in the Latin style or idiom. "
Latinistic words."
Fitzed. Hall.
Latinitaster La·tin"i·tas`ter noun [ Confer
Poetaster .]
One who has but a smattering of Latin. Walker.
Latinity La·tin"i·ty noun [ Latin
latinitas : confer French
latinité .]
The Latin tongue, style, or idiom, or the use thereof; specifically, purity of Latin style or idiom. "His ele...ant
Latinity ."
Motley.
Latinization Lat`in·i·za"tion noun The act or process of Latinizing, as a word, language, or country. The Germanization of Britain went far deeper than the Latinization of France.
M. Arnold.
Latinize Lat"in·ize transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Latinized ;
present participle & verbal noun Latinizing .] [ Latin
latinizare : confer French
latiniser .]
1. To give Latin terminations or forms to, as to foreign words, in writing Latin. 2. To bring under the power or influence of the Romans or Latins; to affect with the usages of the Latins, especially in speech. "
Latinized races."
Lowell. 3. To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its ideas in; as, to Latinize the Church of England.
Latinize Lat"in·ize intransitive verb To use words or phrases borrowed from the Latin. Dryden. 2. To come under the influence of the Romans, or of the Roman Catholic Church.
Latinly Lat"in·ly adverb In the manner of the Latin language; in correct Latin. [ Obsolete]
Heylin.
Lation La"tion noun [ Latin
latio , from
latus borne. See
Tolerate .]
Transportation; conveyance. [ Obsolete]
Latirostral, Latirostrous Lat`i·ros"tral, Lat`i·ros"trous adjective [ Confer French
latirostre . See
Latirostres .]
(Zoology) Having a broad beak. Sir T. Browne.
Latirostres Lat`i·ros"tres noun plural [ New Latin , from Latin
latus broad +
rostrum beak.]
(Zoology) The broad-billed singing birds, such as the swallows, and their allies.
Latish Lat"ish adjective Somewhat late. [ Colloq.]
Latisternal Lat`i·ster"nal adjective [ Latin
latus broad + English
sternal .]
(Zoology) Having a broad breastbone, or sternum; -- said of anthropoid apes.
Latitancy Lat"i·tan·cy noun [ See
Latitant .]
Act or state of lying hid, or lurking. [ R.]
Sir T. Browne.
Latitant Lat"i·tant adjective [ Latin
latitans , pr. of
latitare to lie hid, to lurk, v. intens. from
latere to be hid: confer French
latitant .]
Lying hid; concealed; latent. [ R.]
Latitat Lat"i·tat noun [ Latin , he lies hid.]
(O. Eng. Law) A writ based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding. Blackstone.
Latitation Lat`i·ta"tion noun [ Latin
latitatio .]
A lying in concealment; hiding. [ Obsolete]
Latitude Lat"i·tude noun [ French
latitude , Latin
latitudo , from
latus broad, wide, for older
stlatus ; perhaps akin to English
strew .]
1. Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width. Provided the length do not exceed the latitude above one third part.
Sir H. Wotton. 2. Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence. In human actions there are no degrees and precise natural limits described, but a latitude is indulged.
Jer. Taylor. 3. Extent or breadth of signification, application, etc.; extent of deviation from a standard, as truth, style, etc. No discreet man will believe Augustine's miracles, in the latitude of monkish relations.
Fuller. 4. Extent; size; amplitude; scope. I pretend not to treat of them in their full latitude .
Locke. 5. (Geology) Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian. 6. (Astron.) The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic. Ascending latitude ,
Circle of latitude ,
Geographical latitude ,
etc. See under Ascending . Circle , etc. --
High latitude ,
that part of the earth's surface near either pole, esp. that part within either the arctic or the antarctic circle. --
Low latitude ,
that part of the earth's surface which is near the equator.
Latitudinal Lat`i·tu"di·nal adjective Of or pertaining to latitude; in the direction of latitude.
Latitudinarian Lat`i·tu`di·na"ri·an adjective [ Confer French
latitudinaire .]
1. Not restrained; not confined by precise limits. 2. Indifferent to a strict application of any standard of belief or opinion; hence, deviating more or less widely from such standard; lax in doctrine; as, latitudinarian divines; latitudinarian theology. Latitudinarian sentiments upon religious subjects.
Allibone. 3. Lax in moral or religious principles.
Latitudinarian Lat`i·tu`di·na"ri·an noun 1. One who is moderate in his notions, or not restrained by precise settled limits in opinion; one who indulges freedom in thinking. 2. (Eng. Eccl. Hist.) A member of the Church of England, in the time of Charles II., who adopted more liberal notions in respect to the authority, government, and doctrines of the church than generally prevailed. They were called "men of latitude;" and upon this, men of narrow thoughts fastened upon them the name of latitudinarians .
Bp. Burnet. 3. (Theol.) One who departs in opinion from the strict principles of orthodoxy.
Latitudinarianism Lat`i·tu`di·na"ri·an·ism noun A latitudinarian system or condition; freedom of opinion in matters pertaining to religious belief. Fierce sectarianism bred fierce latitudinarianism .
De Quincey. He [ Ammonius Saccas] plunged into the wildest latitudinarianism of opinion.
J. S. Harford.
Latitudinous Lat`i·tu"di·nous adjective Having latitude, or wide extent.
Laton, Latoun Lat"on, Lat"oun noun Latten, 1. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Latrant La"trant adjective [ Latin
latrans , present participle of
latrare . See
Latrate .]
Barking. [ Obsolete]
Tickell.
Latrate La"trate intransitive verb [ Latin
latratus , past participle of
latrare to bark.]
To bark as a dog. [ Obsolete]
Latration La·tra"tion noun A barking. [ Obsolete]
Latreutical La·treu"tic·al (lȧ*tru"tĭ*k
a l)
adjective [ Greek
latreytiko`s , from
latrey`ein to serve, to worship.]
1. Acting as a hired servant; serving; ministering; assisting. [ Obsolete]
2. Of or pertaining to latria. [ Obsolete]
Bp. Hall.
Latria La·tri"a (lȧ*trī"ȧ; 277)
noun [ Latin , from Greek
latrei`a , from
latrey`ein to serve, from
la`tris servant.]
The highest kind of worship, or that paid to God; -- distinguished by the Roman Catholics from dulia , or the inferior worship paid to saints.
Latrine La·trine" (lȧ*trēn")
noun [ Latin
latrina : confer French
latrines .]
A privy, or water- closet, esp. in a camp, hospital, etc.
Latrociny Lat"ro·cin`y noun [ Latin
latrocinium . Confer
Larceny .]
Theft; larceny. [ Obsolete]
Latten Lat"ten noun [ Middle English
latoun ,
laton , Old French
laton , French
laiton , probably from Old French
late lath, French
latte ; -- because made in thin plates; confer Italian
latta a sheet of tinned iron, tin plate. French
latte is of German origin. See
Lath a thin board.]
1. A kind of brass hammered into thin sheets, formerly much used for making church utensils, as candlesticks, crosses, etc.; -- called also latten brass . He had a cross of latoun full of stones.
Chaucer. 2. Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal in thin sheets; as, gold latten . Black latten ,
brass in milled sheets, composed of copper and zinc, used by braziers, and for drawing into wire. --
Roll latten ,
latten polished on both sides ready for use. --
Shaven latten ,
a thinner kind than black latten. --
White latten ,
a mixture of brass and tin.
Latter Lat"ter adjective [ Middle English
later ,
lætter , compar. of
lat late. See
Late , and confer
Later .]
1. Later; more recent; coming or happening after something else; -- opposed to former ; as, the former and latter rain. 2. Of two things, the one mentioned second. The difference between reason and revelation, and in what sense the latter is superior.
I. Watts. 3. Recent; modern. Hath not navigation discovered in these latter ages, whole nations at the bay of Soldania?
Locke. 4. Last; latest; final. [ R.] "My
latter gasp."
Shak. Latter harvest ,
the last part of the harvest. --
Latter spring ,
the last part of the spring of the year. Shak.
Latter-day saint Lat"ter-day` saint" A Mormon; -- the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints being the name assumed by the whole body of Mormons.
Latterday Lat"ter·day` adjective Belonging to present times or those recent by comparison.
Latterkin Lat"ter·kin noun A pointed wooden tool used in glazing leaden lattice.
Latterly Lat"ter·ly adverb Lately; of late; recently; at a later, as distinguished from a former, period. Latterly Milton was short and thick.
Richardson.
Lattermath Lat"ter·math noun [ Confer
Aftermath .]
The latter, or second, mowing; the aftermath.
Lattice Lat"tice noun [ Middle English
latis , French
lattis lathwork, from
latte lath. See
Latten , 1st
Lath .]
1. Any work of wood or metal, made by crossing laths, or thin strips, and forming a network; as, the lattice of a window; -- called also latticework . The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice .
Judg. v. 28. 2. (Her.) The representation of a piece of latticework used as a bearing, the bands being vertical and horizontal. Lattice bridge ,
a bridge supported by lattice girders, or latticework trusses. --
Lattice girder (Architecture) ,
a girder of which the wed consists of diagonal pieces crossing each other in the manner of latticework. --
Lattice plant (Botany) ,
an aquatic plant of Madagascar ( Ouvirandra fenestralis ), whose leaves have interstices between their ribs and cross veins, so as to resemble latticework. A second species is O. Berneriana . The genus is merged in Aponogeton by recent authors.
Lattice Lat"tice intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Latticed ;
present participle & verbal noun Latticing .]
1. To make a lattice of; as, to lattice timbers. 2. To close, as an opening, with latticework; to furnish with a lattice; as, to lattice a window. To lattice up ,
to cover or inclose with a lattice. Therein it seemeth he [ Alexander] hath latticed up Cæsar.
Sir T. North.
Latticework Lat"tice·work` noun Same as Lattice , noun , 1.
Latticing Lat"ti·cing noun 1. The act or process of making a lattice of, or of fitting a lattice to. 2. (Bridge Building) A system of bars crossing in the middle to form braces between principal longitudinal members, as of a strut.
Latus rectum La"tus rec"tum [ Latin , the right side.] (Conic Sections) The line drawn through a focus of a conic section parallel to the directrix and terminated both ways by the curve. It is the parameter of the principal axis. See Focus , and Parameter .
Laud Laud noun [ Latin
laus ,
laudis . See
Laud ,
intransitive verb ]
1. High commendation; praise; honor; exaltation; glory. "
Laud be to God."
Shak. So do well and thou shalt have laud of the same.
Tyndals. 2. A part of divine worship, consisting chiefly of praise; -- usually in the plural » In the Roman Catholic Church, the prayers used at daybreak, between those of matins and prime, are called
lauds .
3. Music or singing in honor of any one.
Laud Laud intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Lauded ;
present participle & verbal noun Lauding .] [ Latin
laudare , from
laus ,
laudis , praise. Confer
Allow .]
To praise in words alone, or with words and singing; to celebrate; to extol. With all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious name.
Book of Common Prayer.
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