English → Latin
“article” in Latin
parsa part, portion, piece, share; pars ... pars ..., some ... others ...; a party, fraction, sidecaputthe head (of humans and animals); head; top; summit; point; end; extremity (beginning or end); origin; source; spring; hspeciēsseeing, view, look; spectacle, sight; external appearance, looks; general outline or shapearticulusa point connecting various parts of the body; joint, knot, knuckle.; a limb, member, finger; a short clause; a single woconditiōa making, creating; condition, status, position, circumstancelēxthe legal machinery of a state, the law; a law, statute, bill; the laws regarded as a body, the constitutionvocābulumword; designation, name, term; expression, vocableverbumword; proverb, saying; verbgenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type, class; species (general classification, as of living things), taxon (of ani
The English word article itself goes back to Latin artus, through articulus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
article
(1) (1) part: pars: caput (head, chapter). Article in a contract, conditio; caput. Article of a peace, lex; conditio; caput: of faith, caput doctrinae sacrae: in a dictionary, vocabulum, verbum: (2)
species; e.g., of wares, genus. The general term res may often be used; e.g., an article of luxury, res adluxuriam pertinens: this article is much sought after, hujus generis merces cupide expetuntur.
In grammar, articulus.
Article by article, per partes: per capita.
Articles of war, lex militaris (with reference to what is allowed or permitted in war).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for article?
- The usual Latin words for “article” are pars, caput, speciēs; also articulus, conditiō, lēx. 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.