English → Latin
“annotation” in Latin
annotātiōremark, annotation; The registering of a person among the accused.grammaticusof or pertaining to the study of language, of literature and grammar; linguistic, philological, grammaticalexplicātiōThe act of unfolding or unrolling.; An explanation, explication, exposition.interpretātiōexplanation, exposition, interpretation; a translation, version; signification, meaning
The English word annotation itself goes back to Latin notō, through annotātiōnem.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
annotation
annotatio (technical term of post-Augtustan, Grammaticus): *scholion (an explanatory note: σχόλιον, Graec. in Cic., Att., 16, 7, 3): explicatio: interpretatio. [Nota, PROP., the censor’s mark, i. e., censure, is defended by Hand and Weber as having been long used as a technical term.] To write a few annotations, pauca annotare (de aliqua re): on a book, commentari librum (Suet., Gram., 2); commentaria in librum componere (Gell., 2, 6, beg.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for annotation?
- The usual Latin words for “annotation” are annotātiō, grammaticus, explicātiō; also interpretātiō. 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.