English → Latin
“articulation” in Latin
prōlātiōpostponement; enlargementartusnarrow; close; fitted; confined; dense; severe; strict; scanty; briefarticulusa point connecting various parts of the body; joint, knot, knuckle.; a limb, member, finger; a short clause; a single wo
The English word articulation itself goes back to Latin articulus, through articulatio.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
articulation
of words, prolatio (utterance, Liv.): [pronuntiatio is the whole delivery = actio.]
Juncture of bones, cominissura (general term for mode of joining together: also of the limbs of the human body): artus: articulus (joint: artus in sing. not till poets of Silver Age). (The words are found in this connection and order), commissurae et artus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for articulation?
- The usual Latin words for “articulation” are prōlātiō, artus, articulus. 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.