Italic

Synonyms:

Italic language

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Osco-Umbrian

a group of dead languages of ancient Italy; they were displace by Latin

Latin

any dialect of the language of ancient Rome

Umbrian

an extinct Italic language of ancient southern Italy

Oscan

an extinct Italic language of ancient southern Italy

Sabellian

an extinct Osco-Umbrian language of ancient Italy that survives only in a few inscriptions

Old Latin

the oldest recorded Latin (dating back at early as the 6th century B.C.)

classical Latin

the language of educated people in ancient Rome

Low Latin

any dialect of Latin other than the classical

Biblical Latin, Late Latin

the form of Latin written between the 3rd and 8th centuries

Neo-Latin, New Latin

Latin since the Renaissance; used for scientific nomenclature

Latinian language, Romance, Romance language

the group of languages derived from Latin

Type of:

Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite

the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia