Verb: Latinize 'la-ti,nIz
- Translate into Latin
"Medieval scholars Latinized many Greek texts";
- Latinise [Brit]
- Write in the Latin alphabet
"many shops in Japan now carry neon signs with Latinized names";
- Romanize, Romanise [Brit], Latinise [Brit]
- Cause to adopt Catholicism
"The missionaries sought to Latinize the native population";
- catholicize, catholicise [Brit], Latinise [Brit]
Derived forms: Latinized, Latinizes, Latinizing
Type of: convert, interpret, render, transcribe, translate, transliterate
Encyclopedia: Latinize