| the Latin language in use from the earliest inscriptions to c100 b.c. Abbreviation: OL, OL., O.L. |
| Archaic Latin n. The earliest recorded Latin, found in inscriptions from the beginning of the sixth century B.C. and in literature from the middle of the third century B.C. until the beginning of the first century B.C. Also called Old Latin. |
| Old Latin n. See Archaic Latin. adj. Bible Of or relating to any of the Latin vernacular translations of the Scriptures used especially in southern Gaul and northern Africa before being superseded by the Vulgate. |