A person who makes or translates things into Latin; someone skilled in the Latin language.
From Old French 'latinier,' derived from Latin 'latinare' (to use Latin). Most common in medieval contexts when Latin was the primary language of learning and administration.
Medieval latimers were absolutely crucial to scholarship—they translated Greek and Arabic texts into Latin so European scholars could access the cutting-edge science and philosophy that had been lost to Western Europe during the Dark Ages.
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