■ noun
1》 the language of ancient Rome and its empire.
2》 a native or inhabitant of a country whose language developed from ~, e.g. a ~ American.
■ adjective
1》 relating to the ~ language.
2》 relating to or denoting countries using languages that developed from ~, especially ~ America.
3》 relating to or denoting the Western or Roman Catholic Church.
4》 historical relating to ancient Latium in Italy.
Derivatives
~ism noun
~ist noun
~ity noun
Origin
from L. ~us 'of Latium'.