latinize

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

It is not dog Latin, but Latin ingeniously italianized, or rather Italian, even Mantuan, latinized. — Gargantua and Pantagruel, François Rabelais
His ready participation in these popular amusements was one cause of his acquiring the title of the King of the Commons, or Rex Plebeiorum, as Lesley has latinized it. — The Lady of the Lake, Walter Scott
Her daughter Susanna's grief is recorded in touching lines, probably Latinized by Dr. Hall, placed on her tombstone: "Thou, my mother, gave me life, thy breast and milk; alas! for such great bounty to me I shall give thee a tomb. — Shakespeare's family, C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael) Stopes

Romanize, Romanise, Latinise

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