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“accuracy” in Latin
cūracare, concern, thought; pains, industry, diligence, exertion; anxiety, grief, sorrowaccūrātiōaccuracy, exactness, carefulnesssubtīlitāsfineness, thinness, slenderness, minuteness; keenness, acuteness; exactness, subtletydīligōto esteem, prize, love, have regard, to delight in (something); to set apart by choosing, to single (something) out, to accūrātēcarefully, precisely, exactlydīligenterdiligently, carefully
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
accuracy
cura, accuratio (the latter Cic., Brut., 67, mira accuratio in componendis rebus). (The words are found in this connection and order), cura et diligentia: subtilitas (acuteness, subtilty; e.g., with mathematical accuracy, geometrica subtilitate docere aliquid): sometimes diligentia (close application and attention). With the greatest accuracy, accuratissime, exactissime, or sometimes diligentissime.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for accuracy?
- The usual Latin words for “accuracy” are cūra, accūrātiō, subtīlitās; also dīligō, accūrātē, dīligenter. 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.