Meanings
nounLatinist (plural Latinists)
plural Latinists
- A scholar who studies the Latin language.
As the best plan will be to allow it to speak for itself, I here give the black-letter fac-simile, together with the original Latin without the contractions, from which it will be seen that the writer was a fair mediæval Latinist.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian латини́ст, латини́стка
- латини́ст (latiníst)scholar who studies Latin
- латини́стка (latinístka)scholar who studies Latin
Catalan llatinista
- llatinistascholar who studies Latin
Esperanto latinisto
- latinistoscholar who studies Latin
Finnish latinisti
- latinistischolar who studies Latin
French latiniste
- latinistescholar who studies Latin
German Latinist, Latinistin
- Latinistscholar who studies Latin
- Latinistinscholar who studies Latin
Italian latinista
- latinistascholar who studies Latin
Latvian latīnists, latīniste
- latīnistsscholar who studies Latin
- latīnistescholar who studies Latin
Lithuanian lotyni̇̀stas, lotyni̇̀stė
- lotyni̇̀stasscholar who studies Latin
- lotyni̇̀stėscholar who studies Latin
Polish łacinnik, latynista
- łacinnikscholar who studies Latin
- latynistascholar who studies Latin
Portuguese latinista, latinista
- latinistascholar who studies Latin
- latinistascholar who studies Latin
Romanian latinist, latinistă
- latinistscholar who studies Latin
- latinistăscholar who studies Latin
Russian латини́ст, латини́стка
- латини́ст (latiníst)scholar who studies Latin
- латини́стка (latinístka)scholar who studies Latin
Spanish latinista
- latinistascholar who studies Latin
Ukrainian латині́ст, латині́стка
- латині́ст (latyníst)scholar who studies Latin
- латині́стка (latynístka)scholar who studies Latin
Cite this entry
APA
Latinist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Latinist
MLA
“Latinist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Latinist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Latinist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Latinist.
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