Get to know Latinus better with 6 real example sentences.
Latinus in a sentence
Using Latinus
- In the example corpus, latinus often appears in combinations such as: dictator latinus, sermo latinus.
Context around Latinus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Latinus
- In this selection, "latinus" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 31.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, dictator, sermo, johannes and city stand out and add context to how "latinus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a dictator latinus and be sermo latinus but in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "latinus" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with latinus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Cato Origins fr. 62: "Lucum Dianum In nemore Aricino Egerius Baebius (some scholars prefer to read Laevius) Tusculanus dedicavit dictator Latinus. (21 words)
Latin could be sermo Latinus, but in addition was a variety known as sermo vulgaris, sermo vulgi, sermo plebeius and sermo quotidianus. (22 words)
The Aeneid ends in Book 12 with the taking of Latinus' city, the death of Amata, and Aeneas' defeat and killing of Turnus, whose pleas for mercy are spurned. (29 words)
It is remarkable that the composition of this league does not reflect that of the Latin people who took part in the Latiar or Feriae Latinae given by Pliny and it has not as its leader the rex Nemorensis but a dictator Latinus. (43 words)
For example, Johannes Latinus, who arrived as knight but also as one of the first Transylvanian merchants; Gräf Gyan from Salzburg who frightened the bishop of Weißenburg; and Magister Gocelinus, who presented Michelsberg to the Cistercian abbey Kerz. (38 words)
If one spoke in the lingua or sermo Latinus one merely spoke Latin, but if one spoke latine or latinius ("more Latinish") one spoke good Latin, and formal Latin had latinitas, the quality of good Latin, about it. (38 words)
Example sentences (6)
Cato Origins fr. 62: "Lucum Dianum In nemore Aricino Egerius Baebius (some scholars prefer to read Laevius) Tusculanus dedicavit dictator Latinus.
For example, Johannes Latinus, who arrived as knight but also as one of the first Transylvanian merchants; Gräf Gyan from Salzburg who frightened the bishop of Weißenburg; and Magister Gocelinus, who presented Michelsberg to the Cistercian abbey Kerz.
If one spoke in the lingua or sermo Latinus one merely spoke Latin, but if one spoke latine or latinius ("more Latinish") one spoke good Latin, and formal Latin had latinitas, the quality of good Latin, about it.
It is remarkable that the composition of this league does not reflect that of the Latin people who took part in the Latiar or Feriae Latinae given by Pliny and it has not as its leader the rex Nemorensis but a dictator Latinus.
Latin could be sermo Latinus, but in addition was a variety known as sermo vulgaris, sermo vulgi, sermo plebeius and sermo quotidianus.
The Aeneid ends in Book 12 with the taking of Latinus' city, the death of Amata, and Aeneas' defeat and killing of Turnus, whose pleas for mercy are spurned.
Common combinations with latinus
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: