noun the language of the ancient romans.
2. latin ·noun a member of the roman catholic church.
3. latin ·noun a native or inhabitant of latium; a roman.
4. latin ·vt to write or speak in latin; to turn or render into latin.
5. latin ·noun an exercise in schools, consisting in turning english into latin.
6. latin ·adj of or pertaining to latium, or to the latins, a people of latium; roman; as, the latin language.
7. latin ·adj of, pertaining to, or composed in, the language used by the romans or latins; as, a latin grammar; a latin composition or idiom.