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Latinist

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A scholar who studies the Latin language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a specialist in the Latin language

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: classicist, classical scholar

History

Etymology

From Latin + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: llatinista — scholar who studies Latin
  • Belarusian: латыні́ст (latyníst) — scholar who studies Latin
  • Belarusian: латыні́стка (latynístka) — scholar who studies Latin
  • Breton: latinour — scholar who studies Latin
  • Bulgarian: латини́ст (latiníst) — scholar who studies Latin
  • Bulgarian: латини́стка (latinístka) — scholar who studies Latin
  • Catalan: llatinista — scholar who studies Latin
  • Esperanto: latinisto — scholar who studies Latin
  • Finnish: latinisti — scholar who studies Latin
  • French: latiniste — scholar who studies Latin
  • Galician: latinista — scholar who studies Latin
  • German: Latinist — scholar who studies Latin
  • German: Latinistin — scholar who studies Latin
  • Italian: latinista — scholar who studies Latin
  • Latvian: latīnists — scholar who studies Latin
  • Latvian: latīniste — scholar who studies Latin
  • Lithuanian: lotyni̇̀stas — scholar who studies Latin
  • Lithuanian: lotyni̇̀stė — scholar who studies Latin
  • Macedonian: латинист (latinist) — scholar who studies Latin
  • Manx: Ladjyner — scholar who studies Latin
  • Manx: Ladjynagh — scholar who studies Latin
  • Occitan: latinista — scholar who studies Latin
  • Polish: łacinnik — scholar who studies Latin
  • Polish: latynista — scholar who studies Latin
  • Portuguese: latinista — scholar who studies Latin
  • Portuguese: latinista — scholar who studies Latin
  • Romanian: latinist — scholar who studies Latin
  • Romanian: latinistă — scholar who studies Latin
  • Russian: латини́ст (latiníst) — scholar who studies Latin
  • Russian: латини́стка (latinístka) — scholar who studies Latin
  • Spanish: latinista — scholar who studies Latin
  • Ukrainian: латині́ст (latyníst) — scholar who studies Latin
  • Ukrainian: латині́стка (latynístka) — scholar who studies Latin
Real reading context

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