| 单词 | classical language |
| 释义 | > as lemmasclassical language classical language n. (originally) ancient Greek or Latin (cf. classical Greek n., classical Latin n.); (later also) the form of a language used during the most highly developed stage of its early history (cf. sense A. 5). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > [noun] > living, dead, or archaic language classical language1752 dead language1781 the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Greek > classical the tongues1535 classical Greek1699 classical language1752 the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated Italo-Celtic > Latin > literary Latin bookledenOE classical Latin?1676 classical language1752 book Latin1773 neo-Latin1899 1752 Biogr. Gallica II. 123 It is surprising, that without any knowledge of the classical languages, he attained to a perfect acquaintance with the French. 1812 Brit. Critic Sept. 229 Besides the classical language, the Sanscrit, not less than eight vernacular languages are spoken. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vi. §4. 304 His son, Edward the Sixth, was a fair scholar in both the classical languages. 1956 Speculum 31 403 The author, who happens to be a great master of the classical languages, frequently consulted the original sources in Latin and Greek. 2006 K. Sabbagh Palestine iv. 56 He would have spoken colloquial Palestinian Arabic at home but to read and write the classical language fluently required considerable study. < as lemmas |
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