| Main Entry: | classical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning ancient culture |
Synonyms: |
Attic, Augustan, Doric, Grecian, Greek, Hellenic, Homeric, Ionic, Latin, Roman, Virgilian, academic, belletristic, bookish, canonic, canonical, classic, classicistic, humanistic, scholastic |
| Notes: | for classic, assume the meaning 'of the highest class' and 'typical, excellent as an example; timeless' and for classical 'pertaining to or characteristic of Greek or Roman antiquity or civilization' |
| Main Entry: | Romance language |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | languages derived from Latin |
Synonyms: |
Catalan, Continental, French, Indo-European language, Insular, Italian, Italic language, Latin, Portuguese, Provencal, Spanish |