All latin synonyms
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- classic — A classic example of a thing or situation has all the features which you expect such a thing or situation to have.
- humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- academic — Academic is used to describe things that relate to the work done in schools, colleges, and universities, especially work which involves studying and reasoning rather than practical or technical skills.
- attic — An attic is a room at the top of a house just below the roof.
- hellenic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Greeks or their language, culture, thought, etc., especially before the time of Alexander the Great. Compare Hellenistic (def 3).
- doric — of or relating to Doris, its inhabitants, or their dialect.
- greek — of or relating to Greece, the Greeks, or their language.
- roman — a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- scholastic — of or relating to schools, scholars, or education: scholastic attainments.
- ionic — Architecture. noting or pertaining to one of the five classical orders that in ancient Greece consisted of a fluted column with a molded base and a capital composed of four volutes, usually parallel to the architrave with a pulvinus connecting a pair on each side of the column, and an entablature typically consisting of an architrave of three fascias, a richly ornamented frieze, and a cornice corbeled out on egg-and-dart and dentil moldings, with the frieze sometimes omitted. Roman and Renaissance examples are often more elaborate, and usually set the volutes of the capitals at 45° to the architrave. Compare composite (def 3), Corinthian (def 2), Doric (def 3), Tuscan (def 2).
- grecian — Greek (especially with reference to ancient Greece).
- bookish — Someone who is bookish spends a lot of time reading serious books.
- canonical — If something has canonical status, it is accepted as having all the qualities that a thing of its kind should have.
- augustan — characteristic of, denoting, or relating to the Roman emperor Augustus Caesar (63 bc–14 ad), his period, or the poets, notably Virgil, Horace, and Ovid, writing during his reign
- homeric — of, relating to, or suggestive of Homer or his poetry.
- virgilian — pertaining to or characteristic of the poet Vergil.
- belletristic — Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of belles-lettres.
- classicalism — classicism
adjective latin
- canonic — canonical
- classicistic — Of or pertaining to classicism.
noun latin
- insular — of or relating to an island or islands: insular possessions.
- catalan — Something that is Catalan belongs or relates to Catalonia, its people, or its language. Catalonia is a region of Spain.
- continental — Continental means situated on or belonging to the continent of Europe except for Britain.
- french — of, relating to, or characteristic of France, its inhabitants, or their language, culture, etc.: French cooking.
- italian — of or relating to Italy, its people, or their language.
- portuguese — of, relating to, or characteristic of Portugal, its inhabitants, or their language.
- provencal — of or relating to Provence, its people, or their language.
- spanish — of or relating to Spain, its people, or their language.