Associations to the word «Latinize»

Wiktionary

LATINIZE, verb. (transitive) To translate something into the Latin language; or make a word similar in appearance to a Latin word.
LATINIZE, verb. (transitive) To transliterate something into the characters of the Latin script; to Romanize
LATINIZE, verb. (transitive) To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its ideas in.
LATINIZE, verb. (nonstandard) Alternative letter-case form of Latinize

Dictionary definition

LATINIZE, verb. Write in the Latin alphabet; "many shops in Japan now carry neon signs with Romanized names".
LATINIZE, verb. Translate into Latin.
LATINIZE, verb. Cause to adopt Catholicism.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras