Classical Latin

noun

1. the form of Latin used in classical literature, especially the literary Latin of the 1st century b.c. and the 1st and 2nd centuries a.d.

Example Sentences

Petzholdt should not have devoted seven pages (pp. 691-696) to antiquarian catalogues of classical Latin and Greek authors.

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His mastery of classical Latin and the consummate ease with which he handled the ancient verse made him the wonder of the day.

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Bede wrote more classical Latin than the ecclesiastical scribes in the charters.

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And there Korea's primitive children can express themselves fluently in classical Latin.

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Indeed, there is no classical Latin equivalent used by medical authors.

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