Latin vs classical Latin

classical Latin vs Latin

Latin and classical Latin both are nouns.

Latin is an adjective but classical Latin is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Latin	Yes	Yes	No	No
classical Latin	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, classical Latin is a hyponym of Latin; that is, classical Latin is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than Latin:

Latin: any dialect of the language of ancient Rome
classical Latin: the language of educated people in ancient Rome

Other hyponyms of Latin include Old Latin, Old Latin language, Low Latin, Biblical Latin, Biblical Latin language, Late Latin, Late Latin language, Neo-Latin, Neo-Latin language, New Latin, New Latin language, Latinian language, Romance, Romance language.

Latin (noun)	classical Latin (noun)
any dialect of the language of ancient Rome	the language of educated people in ancient Rome
a person who is a member of those peoples whose languages derived from Latin
an inhabitant of ancient Latium

Latin (adjective)	classical Latin (adjective)
of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language
of or relating to the ancient region of Latium
relating to languages derived from Latin
relating to people or countries speaking Romance languages

Difference between Latin and classical Latin

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