LATINUSとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Lati- +‎ -īnus.

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ɫaˈtiː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [laˈtiː.nus]

形容詞

Latīnus (feminine Latīna, neuter Latīnum, adverb Latīnē); first/second-declension adjective

1. Latin; of or pertaining to the Latin language, people, or culture

   nōmen Latīnum ― the Latin right/citizenship (iūs Latiī)

   poēta Latīnus ― a Latin-writing (male) poet

   • 3rd c. BCE, Naevius, Epitaphium:

     Inmortales mortales si foret fas flere,
     flerent divae Camenae Naevium poetam.
     Itaque postquam est Orchi traditus thesauro,
     obliti sunt Romae loquier linguā Latinā.

     If the immortals were allowed to weep for mortals,
     the divine Muses would weep for Naevius the poet.
     After he was carried to Pluto's treasure vault,
     the Romans forgot to speak Latin.

   • c. 35 CE – 100 CE, Quintilianus, Institutiones Oratoriae 2.14.5:

     Ne pugnemus igitur, cum praesertim plurimis alioqui Graecis sit utendum. Nam certe et "philosophos" et "musicos" et "geometras" dicam, nec vim adferam nominibus his indecora in Latinum sermonem mutatione.

     So let's not fight over it, considering that in many other cases, Greek nouns have to be used. Certainly, I will say philosophos, musicos and geometras, and I will not do violence to these nouns by turning them uglily into Latin words.

   • early 7th c. CE, Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae sive Origines 9.1:

     Tres sunt autem linguae sacrae: Hebraea, Graeca, Latina, quae toto orbe maxime excellunt. His enim tribus linguis super crucem Domini a Pilato fuit causa eius scripta.

     Three are the sacred languages: Hebrew, Greek, and Latin, which most greatly excel in the world. It was in these three languages that Pilate wrote the Lord's legal charge on His cross. (ref. to John 19:20)

使用する際の注意点

With verbs of translation, the neuter singular is generally used for both the target and source languages: librum ē Graecō in Latīnum reddō ("I am translating a book from Greek into Latin").

Aside from the latter, language adjectives are extremely rarely used on their own in pre-Classical, Classical and Late Latin, becoming more common not until well into the medieval period; adverbs like Latīnē are used instead, e.g. Latīnē loquantur ("they should speak Latin"). For situations where this isn't possible, e.g. as the subject of a verb, the noun lingua must be included: Lingua Latīna placet, et prōdest! ("Latin is a joy, and is useful!").

語形変化

First/second-declension adjective.

派生語

関連する語

• Latius

派生した語

固有名詞

Latinus m sg (genitive Latinī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)

1. a male given name [8th or 9th C. CE]

参照

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “latīnus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 5: J L, page 199
• Sigmund Herzberg-Fränkel, editor (1904), “I: Dioecesis Salisburgensis: Regiones Salisburgensis et Bavarica”, in Necrologia Germaniae (Monumenta Germaniae Historica) (in Latin), Tomvs II Dioecesis Salisbvrgensis, Berolini: Apvd Weidmannos, →ISBN, →OCLC, Liber confraternitatum vetustior (784-11th C.), Monumenta Necrologica Monasterii S. Petri Salisburgensis, page 8, column 9, line 17
• Zusammengesetzte Handschrift: Liber Confraternitatum Sancti Petri (Liber Vitae, Verbrüderungsbuch von St. Peter). Traditionen von St. Peter (Traditionscodex M) [Composite manuscript: Liber Confraternitatum Sancti Petri (Liber Vitae, Book of Brotherhood of St. Peter). Traditions of St. Peter (Tradition Codex M)] (in Latin), Salzburg, Erzabtei St. Peter, Benediktinerstift, Archiv, Hs. A 1, 784-13th C., page 6

Further reading

• “Latinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Latinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Latinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Latinus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016