Neo-Latin

[ nee-oh-lat-n ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Neo-Latin

/ ˌniːəʊˈlætɪn /

First recorded in 1840–50

It was then proposed to convene an international neo-Latin congress; but it is not surprising to hear that nothing came of it.

After being Tuscan and neo-Latin, the literature which expressed the nation now became Italian.

Neo-Latin literature dwindled away to nothing, and Palladio was followed by the violent reactionaries of the barocco mannerism.

Yet the decorative prodigality of this master corresponded to the frigid and stylistic graces of the neo-Latin poets.

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