单词 | latinism |
释义 | Latinismn. An idiom or form of expression characteristic of the Latin language, esp. one used by a writer in another language; conformity in style to Latin models; the influence or authority of the Latin Church (see Latin adj. 3). Also, rarely, the modes of thought characteristic of the ancient Romans. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated Italo-Celtic > Latin > Latin word or idiom Latinism1570 Romanity1740 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > ancient Romans > [noun] > characteristic mode of thought Latinism1849 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > laboured or pedantic quality > Latinizing > use of Latinisms Latinism1875 society > faith > sect > Christianity > Roman Catholicism > person > [noun] > collective mother churchOE mother kirkc1430 whore1530 Lady of Rome1574 Western Church1577 west1586 scarlet whore1590 Lady of Babylon1605 red letter1608 scarlet lady1807 scarlet woman1816 Latinism1920 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Miii/1 Latinisme, latinismus. 1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. viii. 98 That the Latinismes bee obserued..and to expresse them by as elegant and fit phrases as wee can in our tongue. 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 45 Preferring the gay ranknesse of..any moderne fustianist before the native Latinisms of Cicero. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 285. ¶9 Milton..has infused a great many Latinisms, as well as Græcisms..into the Language of his Poem. 1837 W. M. Thackeray Carlyle's French Revol. It abounds with Germanisms and Latinisms. 1849 Fraser's Mag. 39 394 He is so imbued with Latinism that the whole beautiful Hellenic manifestation seems..an impertinence to his eyes. 1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. vii. 540 His Latinisms, and words of Latin descent, might seem drawn directly from the Vulgate. 1875 E. C. Stedman Victorian Poets (1887) 161 Milton's Latinism is so pronounced as to be un-English. 1920 Contemp. Rev. Oct. 495 The Spanish Court ladies were sheltered..under the vaulted roof of Latinism. 1970 H. Braun Parish Churches iii. 32 In Rome itself, Ravenna, and other towns of Latinism the basilican halls continued to be built out of the ruins of paganism. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1570 |
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