English → Latin
“activity” in Latin
opuswork, labor, accomplishment; workmanship, artwork, work (of art, literature, etc.); need, necessitylaborwork; labor, toil, exertion; hardship, trouble, fatigue, suffering, drudgery, distressindustriaenergetic activity, industry, application, diligence; purposefulness, purposenāvitāspromptness, assiduity, zealsēdulitāssedulity, sedulousness, application, assiduity, earnestness, zealassiduitāsconstant presence with someone; continuance, duration, constancy of something; frequency or repetition of somethingdīligōto esteem, prize, love, have regard, to delight in (something); to set apart by choosing, to single (something) out, to impigritāsactivity, indefatigablenessāctiōaction; a doing or performing, behavior; public function, civil act; suit, process, actionpernīcĭtasnimbleness
The English word activity itself goes back to Latin agō, through activitas.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
activity
opera (activity, unemphatically; opposed to momentary inactivity, or merely thinking, talking, or advising): labor (labor, toil): industria (habitual activity of an elevated kind; e.g., in heroes, statesmen): navitas (the useful activity of ordinary men): sedulitas (bustling activity in small matters): assiduitas (persevering industry): diligentia (careful, close application): impigritas (unweariedness): actio (acting). Agility, pernicitas (activity and dexterity in all bodily movements): agilitas (opposed to tarditas).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for activity?
- The usual Latin words for “activity” are opus, labor, industria; also nāvitās, sēdulitās, assiduitās. 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.