Latinism

Noun

Any word or phrase borrowed from Latin, or suggestive of Latin.

Japanese Meaning

ラテン語から借用された単語や表現 / ラテン語を彷彿させるもの、またはラテン語風の言い回し

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Scholars debated whether the author's repeated use of Latinism enhanced the prose or alienated readers unfamiliar with classical references.

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学者たちは、著者が繰り返し用いたラテン語から借用された語句が散文を高めたのか、古典に馴染みのない読者を遠ざけたのかを議論した。

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Sense（1）

Any word or phrase borrowed from Latin, or suggestive of Latin.

[discussing numquam in the Old French portion of the Oaths of Strasbourg] a Latinizing spelling, maybe a pure Latinism, not surviving in modern French (but cf. Old French onques < umquam ‘ever’). Note the double negative, literally ‘will never make no pact’

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Latinisms

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