English → Latin
“autograph” in Latin
tuusyour (singular), thyscrībōto writeepistolaa letter, epistle; a written imperial decreechīrographumone's handwriting; autograph; manuscript
The English word autograph itself goes back to Latin autographus, through autographum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
autograph
manu mea (tua, etc.) scriptus. An autograph letter, epistola, quam mea manu scripsi; litterae autographae (Suet., Oct., 87): anybody’s autograph, litterae ipsius manu scriptae: an autograph, chirographum (handwriting). It was an autograph, ipsius manu scriptum erat. I will write the letter with my own autograph, meo chirographo utar (Cic., Att., 2, 20, 5).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for autograph?
- The usual Latin words for “autograph” are tuus, scrībō, epistola; also chīrographum. 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.