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latinist

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Latinist \Lat"in*ist\, n. [Cf. F. latiniste.] One skilled in Latin; a Latin scholar. --Cowper. He left school a good Latinist. --Macaulay.

Usage examples of latinist.

There the Latinist and sophister and every unlearned writer tries the fitness of his pen, a practice that we have frequently seen injuring the usefulness and value of the most beautiful books.

Harris 1 Butler 17 Guides 12 Waiters 4 Surgeons 1 Footman 1 Geologist 1 Barber 1 Botanist 1 Head Cook 3 Chaplains 9 Assistants 15 Barkeepers 1 Confectionery Artist 1 Latinist TRANSPORTATION, ETC.

That would have been quite another matter, for when it comes down to a question of value there is a palpable difference between a Latinist and a mule.

Surely, given the resources of his program, he could have found an experienced Latinist to do the work.

That the translation of over two thousand pages of small print would take many months even for an accomplished Latinist had apparently not occurred to him.

Hoover was an excellent Latinist, and had a degree in geology from Stanford.

Sadolet was not only reputed the finest Latinist of the age, but he was the most gracious of the Roman prelates, a friend of Erasmus, an admirer of Contarini, and the author of a commentary on St.

To you a lover of language and a Latinist they must have a significance beyond their botanic qualities.

Latin because to understand the Bible you must study it in its original translations, and besides, the Fathers, chief among them the Mathers, were Latinists and excellent Greek and Hebrew scholars as well, so that is why we study those languages today.

She could not help but recall, in any case, that he had frequently told her that the program had access to a large staff of Latinists and translators, as well as to complete copies of all the ancient manuscripts, customaries, and chant books.

The wit is not enough to carry on the joke through 108 letters, carefully composed in Teutonic dog Latin by the best Latinists north of the Brenner.

She had swallowed them all willingly, as willingly as she had swallowed the Hands of Grace, tales of hospices and hospitals, stories about ancient plainchant and teams of Latinists.