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What was heard in Rome and a quarter of Paris? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

latin

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'a quarter of paris?' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'what was heard in rome' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'in' is within the answer.
The remaining letters 'lat' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'and' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for latin that I've seen before include "A Romance language" , "The language of Virgil" , "Language of old 8 down" , "Language of old Romans" , "language class" .)

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