English → Latin
“arrangement” in Latin
ōrdinātiōregulating, arranging; regulation, ordinance, decree, edict; ordinationdispositiōa regular disposition, arrangement; management, directiondēscrīptiōdescription; diagram, plan; transcript, copycōnstitūtiōa constitution, disposition, nature, character; a definition; point in dispute; a regulation, order, arrangement, systemīnstitūtiōdisposition, arrangement; custom, manner; instruction, educationcollocātiōthe act of putting together or setting up; arrangement, placing, collocationōrdōa methodical series, arrangement, or order; regular line, row, or series; a class, station, condition, rank; a group or ratiōreason, reasoning, explanation, ground, motive, rationality, rationale, purpose; calculation, account, accounting, recko
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
arrangement
ordinatio: dispositio: descriptio: constitutio: institutio. [Vid: TO ARRANGE]. The arrangement of a library, designatio librorum: of words (in a Lexicon), vocabulorum digerendorum ratio: (in a sentence), verborum apta compositio, collocatio; ratio collocandi.
Order resulting from arrangement: ordo: ratio. Sometimes praeceptum: institutum: lex. These arrangements are excellent, haec optime instituta or instructa sunt. It is a beneficent arrangement of nature’s, that, etc., salubriter a natura institutum est, ut or quod.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for arrangement?
- The usual Latin words for “arrangement” are ōrdinātiō, dispositiō, dēscrīptiō; also cōnstitūtiō, īnstitūtiō, collocātiō. 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.