Italic language

/ɪˈtælɪk ˌlæŋgwɪdʒ/

Other forms: Italic languages

Definitions of Italic language

1. noun

   a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative
   synonyms: Italic

   types:

   Osco-Umbrian

   a group of dead languages of ancient Italy; they were displace by Latin

   Latin

   any dialect of the language of ancient Rome

   Umbrian

   an extinct Italic language of ancient southern Italy

   Oscan

   an extinct Italic language of ancient southern Italy

   Sabellian

   an extinct Osco-Umbrian language of ancient Italy that survives only in a few inscriptions

   Old Latin

   the oldest recorded Latin (dating back at early as the 6th century B.C.)

   classical Latin

   the language of educated people in ancient Rome

   Low Latin

   any dialect of Latin other than the classical

   Biblical Latin, Late Latin

   the form of Latin written between the 3rd and 8th centuries

   Neo-Latin, New Latin

   Latin since the Renaissance; used for scientific nomenclature

   Latinian language, Romance, Romance language

   the group of languages derived from Latin

   type of:

   Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite

   the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia