latinist
latinist — 名詞
1. A person who has expert knowledge of the Latin language, ancient Roman literatur
拉丁學者
專精拉丁語及古羅馬文化的學者
A person who has expert knowledge of the Latin language, ancient Roman literature, and Roman civilization, typically as an academic specialisation.
After retiring from the Vatican, Gabriela worked as a Latinist translating church documents for a museum.
Gabriela 從梵蒂岡退休後擔任拉丁學者,替博物館翻譯教會文件。
latinist + translating ancient documents
Wei, the department's only Latinist, helped students read Caesar's Gallic Wars in the original Latin.
系上唯一的拉丁學者 Wei 協助學生閱讀凱撒《高盧戰記》的拉丁文原版。
latinist + helps students read Latin texts
Roya, a Latinist trained in Rome, could identify an inscription's century from its letter shapes.
Roya 是在羅馬受訓的拉丁學者,看字母形狀就能判斷碑文的世紀。
The British Museum hired a Latinist to translate poems carved on a set of Roman tablets.
大英博物館聘請了一位拉丁學者,翻譯一組羅馬石板上刻的詩句。
- classicist
broader term — covers expertise in both ancient Greek and Roman studies
- Latin scholar
more informal; describes the same expertise without the -ist suffix
用法筆記
A formal or academic term; in everyday conversation, 'Latin scholar' or 'classicist' (which also covers ancient Greek) are more common alternatives.