Latian: alternatives and connections

A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. It answers to the Gr. ai. The Anglo-Saxon short ae was generally re…

A foreigner; one owing allegiance, or belonging, to another country; a foreign-born resident of a country in which he does not possess…

belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire; "ancient history"; "anci…

A Latin preposition and prefix; akin to Gr. 'anti`, Skr. anti, Goth. and-, anda- (only in comp.), AS. and-, ond-, (only in comp.: cf.…

Of or pertaining to Atella, in ancient Italy; as, Atellan plays; farcical; ribald.

Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy, famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so mali…

A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. C (…

exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger coun…

Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city.

A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to…

A prefix from the Latin, whence F. des, or sometimes de-, dis-. The Latin dis-appears as di-before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, v, becomes dif…

Belonging to, or used in, a country; native; domestic; popular; common; -- said especially of the written characters employed by the c…

Of or relating to ancient Etruria, in Italy.

Same as Eisel. F () F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. Th…

Not native or belonging to a certain country; born in or belonging to another country, nation, sovereignty, or locality; as, a foreign…

A person belonging to or owning allegiance to a foreign country; one not native in the country or jurisdiction under consideration, or…

That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part…

See Gimmal. K () the eleventh letter of the English alphabet, is nonvocal consonant. The form and sound of the letter K are from the L…