Latinisation
Converting to Roman script
Latinisation is the process of adapting something to Latin form or Roman Catholic practice.
Names, words, and texts may be Latinised by giving them Latin endings or spelling: *Carolus* for Charles, *Londinium* for London.
The term also describes the historical shift of languages toward Latin-derived vocabulary, or the adoption of the Latin alphabet by cultures that previously used other scripts.
In religious contexts, Latinisation refers to imposing Roman Catholic liturgical practices on Eastern Christian churches.
Also spelled Latinization.
Cross-script phonetic spelling
- RomanizationImposing imperial culture
- alphabetLanguage's letter system
- CyrillicSlavic alphabet system
- GreekOf Athenian origin
Arabic · Hangul · Hebrew · Pinyin · transcription · orthography · diacritics · characters
Faith based on Jesus
- ecclesiasticalRelating to church matters
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- CatholicPapal church adherent
- AugustineFourth-century church father
Aquinas · monastic · Mass · sacrament · papal · Vatican · canon law · breviary
Rules for arranging words
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- inflectionWord form alteration
- conjugationVerb form variation system
- declensionNoun form variation
nominative · accusative · genitive · dative · ablative · grammar · vocabulary · loanwords
Works of lasting value
- philologyStudy of historical texts
- humanitiesStudy of culture
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
- codexAncient bound manuscript
parchment · palimpsest · scriptorium · paleography · epigraphy · Renaissance · humanism · medieval
Ancient state from Augustus onward
- RomanizationImposing imperial culture
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- Pax RomanaImperial era of stability
toga · forum · Colosseum · patrician · plebeian · citizenship · provincial · Gaul
transliteration
Cross-script phonetic spelling
- RomanizationImposing imperial culture
- alphabetLanguage's letter system
- CyrillicSlavic alphabet system
Greek · Arabic · Hangul · Hebrew · Pinyin · transcription · orthography · diacritics · characters · notation
Christianity
Faith based on Jesus
- ecclesiasticalRelating to church matters
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- CatholicPapal church adherent
Augustine · Aquinas · monastic · Mass · sacrament · papal · Vatican · canon law · breviary · Gregorian chant
syntax
Rules for arranging words
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- inflectionWord form alteration
- conjugationVerb form variation system
declension · nominative · accusative · genitive · dative · ablative · grammar · vocabulary · loanwords · calque
classics
Works of lasting value
- philologyStudy of historical texts
- humanitiesStudy of culture
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
codex · parchment · palimpsest · scriptorium · paleography · epigraphy · Renaissance · humanism · medieval · Cicero
Roman Empire
Ancient state from Augustus onward
- RomanizationImposing imperial culture
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
Pax Romana · toga · forum · Colosseum · patrician · plebeian · citizenship · provincial · Gaul · Hispania
Latinisationindigenisation
Adapting foreign elements locally
Russification · cultural preservation · linguistic purism · decolonisation