Latine
Speech parts
1. Latine - Noun
2. Latine - Proper noun
Meaning
Latine (plural Latines)
Obsolete spelling of Latin
Latine
Obsolete spelling of Latin
Latine (plural Latines)
(gender-neutral, neologism) Someone of Latin American descent; a Latino or Latina.
Latine (not comparable)
(gender-neutral, neologism) Hispanic; Latino or Latina.
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Examples
27 Proposition. The image, marke, name, and number of the beast: are of the first great Romane beast, and whole Latine impyre universallie, and not of the second beaste, or Antichrist alone in particular.
24 Proposition. The great ten-horned beast, is the whole bodie of the Latine Empire, whereof the Antichrist is a part.
If one spoke in the lingua or sermo Latinus one merely spoke Latin, but if one spoke latine or latinius ("more Latinish") one spoke good Latin, and formal Latin had latinitas, the quality of good Latin, about it.
If one wanted to refer to what in post-classical times was called classical Latin one resorted to the concept of latinitas ("latinity") or latine (adverb).
It is very interesting to consider the etymology of the term "Amérique latine" ("Latin America") because it was created as a means to identify newly acquired territories and people whose culture was closely influenced by France.