Definitions
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- adjective Of or pertaining to the
Latvian people or theLatvian language . - adjective Of or pertaining to the
Baltic family of languages.
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Examples
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Lettic, spoken to-day by the people living on the eastern shores of the
New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett
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Slavo-Lettic tongues; the Aryo-Romanic into the ancient Aryan and the ancient Greco-Roman.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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The ancient Slavo-Lettic divided first into a Baltic and a Slav language.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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Aryo-Romanic and the Slavo-Germanic tongues have completely disappeared; so also the Aryan, the Greco-Roman, the Slavo-Lettic, and the ancient Germanic.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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Such, also, were the Aryans of the _Lettic_ branch, of whom the _Lithuanians_ and the _Prussians_ were the principal divisions.
Outline of Universal History George Park Fisher 1868
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Lettic or Slavonic, though they are now reckoned as Teutonic, such as
Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore William Ralston Shedden Ralston 1858
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The other Indo-European families are the Lettic, Slavic, Gothic, and Celtic, with their various subdivisions.
Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Anne C. Lynch Botta 1853
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