The vernacular language of the ancient Romans (John 19:20).

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (a.) Of or pertaining to Latium, or to the Latins, a people Of Latium; Roman; as, the Latin language.

2. (a.) Of, pertaining to, or composed in, the language used by the Romans or Latins; as, a Latin grammar; a Latin composition or idiom.

3. (n.) A native or inhabitant of Latium; a Roman.

4. (n.) The language of the ancient Romans.

5. (n.) An exercise in schools, consisting in turning English into Latin.

6. (n.) A member of the Roman Catholic Church.

7. (v. t.) To write or speak in Latin; to turn or render into Latin.