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To: Bowtie52

What’s a Latinity?


2 posted on 04/23/2008 5:41:54 AM PDT by contemplator (Capitalism gets no Rock Concerts)
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To: contemplator

La·tin·i·ty (l-tn-t)
n.
1. The manner in which Latin is used in speaking or writing.
2. Latin quality or character: Her speech was marked by florid Latinity.
3. A Latinism.
4. Latin literature: This concept is not found in all of Latinity.


3 posted on 04/23/2008 5:44:24 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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To: contemplator
What’s a Latinity?
My guess is they mean litany. But litany implies long, so the author still isn't using language with the necessary degree of precision.
4 posted on 04/23/2008 5:47:38 AM PDT by ketsu
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And here I thought that someone was reading a “litany” of names....Stoopid me.
10 posted on 04/23/2008 6:07:17 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
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To: contemplator

Kinda like lantana?....

11 posted on 04/23/2008 6:22:33 AM PDT by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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