Found 2 items, similar to Italic languages.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Italic language Italic language n : a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative [syn: Italic]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Italic languages Italic \I*tal"ic\, a. [L. Italicus: cf. F. italique. Cf. Italian.] [1913 Webster] 1. Relating to Italy or to its people. [1913 Webster] 2. Applied especially to a kind of type in which the letters do not stand upright, but slope toward the right; -- so called because dedicated to the States of Italy by the inventor, Aldus Manutius, about the year 1500. [1913 Webster] Italic languages, the group or family of languages of ancient Italy. Italic order (Arch.), the composite order. See Composite. Italic school, a term given to the Pythagorean and Eleatic philosophers, from the country where their doctrines were first promulgated. Italic version. See Itala. [1913 Webster]