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“home-spun” in Latin
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
home-spun
Manufactured at home, domesticus: nostras (having its origin in our own country; so “our home-spun youths,” nostrates adolescentes, after nostrates philosophi, Cic.).
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- What is the Latin word for home-spun?
- The usual Latin words for “home-spun” are domesticus, noster. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.