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Low Latin

(Languages) any form or dialect of Latin other than the classical, such as Vulgar or Medieval Latin

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Low′ Lat′in

any form of nonclassical Latin, as Late Latin, Vulgar Latin, or Medieval Latin.

[1870–75]

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Noun

Low Latin - any dialect of Latin other than the classical

Latin - any dialect of the language of ancient Rome

Vulgar Latin - nonclassical Latin dialects spoken in the Roman Empire; source of Romance languages

Medieval Latin - Latin used for liturgical purposes during the Middle Ages

Translations

Spätlateinisch

Low Latin

n → basso latino

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Allen wrote that for Ptolemy the group was [tau][epsilon][tau][rho][alpha][pi][lambda][epsilon][upsilon][rho]ov (tetrapleuron), which translates to "quadrilateral." Subsequently, in his 1603 Uranometria, Johann Bayer converted Ptolemy's Greek into the low Latin terebellum, which appears in a few, later star atlases.

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The earliest surviving record of the name Minera (Low Latin for 'mine') dates from 1343.