There is alſo among us a common deſcription and picture of a Graſhopper, as may be obſerved in the pictures of Emblematiſts in the coats of ſeverall families, and as the word Cicada is uſually tranſlated in Dictionaries; wherein to ſpeake ſtrictly, if by this word Graſhopper, we underſtand that animall which is implied by τέττῑξ with the Greeks, and by Cicada with the Latines, we may with ſafety affirme the Picture is widely miſtaken, and that for ought enquiry can informe, there is no ſuch inſect in England, which how paradoxicall ſoever, upon a ſtrict enquiry, will prove undeniable truth. 1646, Thomas Browne, “Of the Picture of a Graſhopper”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 5th book, paragraph 1, page 236:
But because the letters of every tongue, as we shewed in the first book, have in their number, order, and figure a Celestiall and Divine originall, I shall easily grant this calculation concerning the names of spirits to be made not only by Hebrew letters, but also by Chaldean, and Arabick, Ægyptian, Greek, Latine, and any other... 1651, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy:
[Clow.][…]Go to, thou haſt it ad dungil^([sic]) at the fingers ends, as they ſay.
[Peda.] Oh I ſmell falſe Latine, dunghel for unguem. c. 1595–1596 (date written), W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby, published 1598, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], signature [F4], verso:
Latine en · ADJ · etymology 2
Pronunciation
/ləˈtiː.neɪ̯/
/læ-/ (General-American)
lə-tē′nā
/lɑː-/ (General-American)
/ləˈti.neɪ̯/ (General-American)
/ləˈtiː.neɪ̯/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish latine (“Latine; Latino or Latina”). The gender-neutral suffix -e replaces the gendered suffixes -a and -o.
Meanings
(gender-neutral, neologism, not-comparable) Hispanic; Latino or Latina.