litterae; litterarum monumenta (including litterary documents); litterarum cognitio et ratio (knowledge of history and antiquities, also philologia): Latin litterature, litterae Latinae; monumenta Latina: skilled in Latin and Greek litterature, litteris Latinis et Graecis ductus: to promote the interests of litterature, litterarum studia illustrare et excitare (after Cic., Tusc., 1, 3, 5): polite or elegant litterature, humanitatis studia (Cic.; but ☞ not litterae humaniores).