English → Latin
“accurate” in Latin
dīligōto esteem, prize, love, have regard, to delight in (something); to set apart by choosing, to single (something) out, to accūrōto take care of, do something with care, attend or give attention toexigōto drive out; expel; to demand, require; enforce, exact (pay); to execute, complete a taskexquīrōto seek or seek out, search for or hunt up; to inquire intosubtīlisfine, thin, slender; precise, accurate, keen; plain, unadorned, simplelīmōto sharpen; to file, file off; to polish, finishpoliōto polish, to smooth
The English word accurate itself goes back to Latin cūra, through accūrātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
accurate
diligens (one who pays close attention to his work, that he may fail in no respect): accuratus (made with exactitude: only of things): exactus (perfectly what it ought to be; of things only: of person. it is only found in the Silver Age: perfect): exquisitus (far sought: hence of extraordinary excellence): subtilis (acute, especially of an orator who, with tact and acuteness, chooses the best expressions, illustrations, etc.: then of things which give proof of such acuteness, e.g., of a speech): limatus, politus (of a refined, polished orator and style). (The words are found in this connection and order), limatus et politus; accuratus et politus. An accurate style, limatius dicendi genus, oratio accurata et polita, limata et polita; oratio subtilis. An accurate knowledge of anything, alicujus rei interior scientia. An accurate judgment, jadicium subtile, or limatum et politum. To subject anything to an accurate investigation, diligenter exquirere, subtiliter quaerere aliquid. To give an accurate description of anything, accurate or diligenter describere aliquid. To give (= write) anybody an accurate account of anything, diligenter scribere de re ad aliquem.
With accuracy. Vid: ACCURATELY.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for accurate?
- The usual Latin words for “accurate” are dīligō, accūrō, exigō; also exquīrō, subtīlis, līmō. 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.