English → Latin
“account-book” in Latin
ratiōreason, reasoning, explanation, ground, motive, rationality, rationale, purpose; calculation, account, accounting, reckocaudextree trunk, stump; bollard; post; book, writing; notebook, account booktabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for writing; board or plank; map, painting, document or other item put onto adversāriusadverse, hostile
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
account-book
rationes (PROP., accounts): codex accepti et expensi: from the context, codex or tabulae alone may do: adversaria, orum (a day-book, from which items were transferred to the ledger, codex or tabulae): to keep an account, rationes, codicem instituere; tabulas conficere. To set down in an accountbook, in rationes, in codicem, in tabulas, in adversaria referre.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for account-book?
- The usual Latin words for “account-book” are ratiō, caudex, tabula; also adversārius. 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.