Early Modern Latin
English
Alternative forms
early modern Latin, early-modern Latin
Proper noun
Early Modern Latin
- The Latin language, as developed from Renaissance Latin in the early 16th century, which served as the lingua franca of science, education, and to some degree diplomacy in Europe and was mostly displaced with national languages by the late 18th century.
Synonyms
- Early Neo-Latin, early Neo-Latin
Translations
form of the Latin language used during the early modern period
See also
- Old Latin
- Classical Latin
- Ecclesiastical Latin
- Late Latin
- Medieval Latin
- New Latin
- Vulgar Latin
- Romance language