English → Latin
“abstract” in Latin
summāriumsummary; epitome; abstractlaterbrick, tile; ingot, bar (of precious metal)breviāriumbrief; report (short piece of writing)summatop, summit, highest point or place; the principal or main thing; sum, summary, totaldīluōto wash away; to drench or moisten; to purge, clear or empty (the bowels)absinthiumwormwood; an infusion of wormwood sometimes masked with honey due to its bitter taste; something which is bitter but whoabstrahōto draw away from, drag or pull away; to withdraw, alienate from; to divert, draw awaymittōto send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge; to put out, extend, reach out (one's hand); to announce, telabstrūdōto push or thrust away; conceal, hidecōgitātiōthinking, meditation, reflection; thought; reasoning
The English word abstract itself goes back to Latin trahō, through abstractus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
abstract
epitome, epitome, summarium: later, breviarium.
Extract, e.g., from plants, dilutum (e.g., absinthii).
Sum of many things, containing all in one (As in “the abstract of all faults” Shakespeare, “the abstract of them all” Dryden), summa; summa summarum (Plaut., Lucr., Sen.).
abstract v.
Transitively, to separate in the mind, cogitatione separare; mente et cogitatione distinguere; animo contemplari aliquid; avocare se a corpore, et ad rei cogitationem cura omni studioque rapi (all Cic.).
To take away from, abstrahere, etc. Vid: TAKE AWAY.
Reduce to an epitome, in angustum or in epitomen cogere.
Intransitively, to abstract from; i. e., take no notice of, put aside, mittere, omittcre, missum facere. Abstracting from all these, remotis his omnibus; ut haec omnia sileam or taceam.
abstract adj.
sevocatus asensibus; abductus a consuetudine oculorum; ab aspectus judicio remotus. An abstract notion, *notio rei a materia sejunctae et simplicis; *notio sola mente pereipienda.
Abstruse, abstrusus (hard to comprehend). In the abstract, cogitatione (opposed to re, in the concrete, Cic., Tusc., 4, 11, 24). To cultivate habits of abstract thought, animum or aciem mentis a consuetudineoculorum subducere; mentem ab oculis, a sensibus sevocare; animum ad se ipsum advocare; animum a corpore abstrahere or secernere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for abstract?
- The usual Latin words for “abstract” are summārium, later, breviārium; also summa, dīluō, absinthium. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.