noun
classical Latin
Refers to the literary Latin of the late Roman Republic and early Empire, as studied in philology and classics.
大学で古典ラテン語を学び始めた。
I started learning classical Latin at university.
俗ラテン語 (Vulgar Latin) is the colloquial form, contrasting with the literary 古典ラテン語.
Compound of 古典 (classical) and ラテン語 (Latin language).