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The Saxon form of funs being fus, it seems to me that our name Adolphus may be properly Adel-fus, and not a latinization of Adolph.

From Surnames as a Science by Ferguson, Robert

Virgoe, a latinization of Virgin, is perhaps due to a shop-sign.

From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest

Widespread confiscations of land, especially in Samnium and Etruria, enabled him to provide for 150,000 of his veterans, whose settlement did much to hasten the latinization of these districts.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

It is curious to note that the great discoverer's name is a latinization of Colon, Coulon, Colombe, descendant each of columba, dove, of which columbus is the masculine form.

From Toronto of Old by Scadding, Henry

Nor must we judge too severely the latinization of many usages of social life, such as the titles of officials, of cere monies, and the like, in the writers of the period.

From The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy by Burckhardt, Jacob