Definition of latin

• a. - Of or pertaining to Latium, or to the Latins, a people of Latium; Roman; as, the Latin language.
• a. - Of, pertaining to, or composed in, the language used by the Romans or Latins; as, a Latin grammar; a Latin composition or idiom.
• n. - A native or inhabitant of Latium; a Roman.
• n. - The language of the ancient Romans.
• n. - An exercise in schools, consisting in turning English into Latin.
• n. - A member of the Roman Catholic Church.
• v. t. - To write or speak in Latin; to turn or render into Latin.