re-Latinize

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See also: relatinize

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Etymology

From re- +‎ Latinize.

Verb

re-Latinize (third-person singular simple present re-Latinizes, present participle re-Latinizing, simple past and past participle re-Latinized)

  1. (transitive) To Latinize again.
    • 1999, Brian P. Copenhaver, “Aristotelianisms”, in Richard H. Popkin, editor, The Columbia History of Western Philosophy, New York, NY: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 288:
      It was Leonardo Bruni (ca. 1369–1444) who had begun the transplantation of the medieval Aristotelian corpus into a Latin conforming to the new humanist standards and hence appealing to a readership educated by humanists. [] Meanwhile, as Bruni's reputation grew, other humanists had begun to re-Latinize Aristotle.