出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/03/02 22:11 UTC 版)
From Lati- + -īnus.
Latīnus (feminine Latīna, neuter Latīnum, adverb Latīnē); first/second-declension adjective
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!").
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | Latīnus | Latīna | Latīnum | Latīnī | Latīnae | Latīna | |
| genitive | Latīnī | Latīnae | Latīnī | Latīnōrum | Latīnārum | Latīnōrum | |
| dative | Latīnō | Latīnae | Latīnō | Latīnīs | |||
| accusative | Latīnum | Latīnam | Latīnum | Latīnōs | Latīnās | Latīna | |
| ablative | Latīnō | Latīnā | Latīnō | Latīnīs | |||
| vocative | Latīne | Latīna | Latīnum | Latīnī | Latīnae | Latīna | |
Latinus m sg (genitive Latinī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)