“latin” in Latin

Latinus (adverb, Latine; both also in a pregnant sense, of good or correct Latin: bene Latinus is quite wrong, although bene Latine loqui, as Cic., Brut., 64, 228 sq., was in use, where bene belongs to loqui. ☞ An old form is Latiniensis, and Latialis belongs to the Silver Age). Not good Latin, parum Latinus (e.g., vocabulum): good, pure Latin, Latinus; purus et Latinus.

Vid: Latinitas (Latinity grammatical and lexicographical): oratio Latina (the Latin language, as spoken or written): sermo Latinus, lingua Latina (the Latin language, as a dialect; sermo Latinus, also, in respect of readiness in speaking and writing. ☞ Latinum for sermo Latinus is barbarous): litterae Latinae (knowledge of Latin litterature): good Latin, sermo Latinus: pure Latin, sermo purus et Latinus; sermo emendatus; oratio emendata; incorrupta Latini sermonis integritas: elegant Latin, sermo elegans; sermonis elegantia (Vid: Ernesti Lex-. Techn., p. 143, sq.); sermonis (Latini), verborum (Latinorum) elegantia (in respect of the choice of words, etc., Vid: Ernesti, loc. cit., p. 145): bad Latin, sermo parum or minus Latinus: your Latin is good, in te est sermo Latinus (generally); bene lingua Latina uteris (you speak good Latin): to possess a great knowledge of Latin, *excellere litterarum Latinarum cognitione (in respect of its litterature); litteris et sermone Romanorum valde eruditum esse (in respect of the litterature and language, after Nep., Them., 10, 1): to translate anything into Latin, aliquid in Latinum (sermonem) vertere, convertere; aliquid Latine reddere; aliquid Latinae consuetudini tradere (so that persons in general can read and use it, Col., 12, prae., 7): to translate from Greek into Latin, ex Graeco in Latinum transferre: to write or compose a book in Latin, librum Latino sermone conficere (after Nep., Hann., 13, 2): to understand Latin, Latine scire, linguam Latinam callere, Latinae linguae scientiam habere (generally); Latine (loqui) posse (to be able to speak Latin): not to understand Latin, Latine nescire (generally); Latine loqui non posse (not to be able to speak Latin): to know, etc., Latin well, bene, optime Latine scire (generally); bene, optime lingua Latina uti (to speak Latin, very well): to speak good Latin, bene, perbene Latine loqui: to speak pure and correct Latin, pure et Latine loqui; recte (Latine) loqui: to speak bad Latin, male, inquinate (Latine) loqui: to speak Latin, readily or fluently, commode Latine loqui (after Nep., Them., 10, 1): a Latin, scholar, Latinis litteris doctus, Latine doctus (that has a knowledge of the Latin language and litterature); linguae Latinae peritus (that can express himself in Latin): a good Latin scholar, bene Latine doctus (Vid: above); bene Latine sciens (that understands Latin well); bene Latine loquens (that speaks good Latin); bonus Latinitatis auctor (a good authority for classical Latinity): he is a good Latin scholar, in eo est sermo Latinus: an excellent Latin scholar, vir in paucis Latine doctus; vir Latine doctissimus (Vid: above); perbene Latine sciens, loquens: to be an excellent Latin scholar, *Latinarum litterarum cognitione or laude excellere; *admirabilem Latinae linguae scientiam habere: modern Latin scholars, *qui nunc Latine scribunt.