English → Latin
“book” in Latin
volūmenbook, volume, roll, scroll; revolution, turn; fold, coil, roll, whirl, bandlīberfree, independent, unrestricted, unchecked, unrestrained, licentious; freeman, freewoman; open (not decided or settled)libellusthe inner bark of a tree used for writing tablets; a little book, booklet, pamphlet (esp. a book written in pages rathercaudextree trunk, stump; bollard; post; book, writing; notebook, account bookephēmerisa day-book, diary, ephemeris; a journal, periodicalcommentāriusmemorandum, notebook; diary, journal; a briefadversāriusadverse, hostilememormindful, remembering (+ genitive); heedful, recalling, suggesting; that has a good memoryēdiscōto learn by heart; to study, get acquainted with a subjectreferōto bear, bring, drive, or carry back, off, or away; to give back, give up, return, restore, pay back, repay, render, pay
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
book
volumen; liber (also part of a work), libellus (little writing): codex with or without accepti et expensi (account-book): ephemeris, libellus, commentarii (memorandum or note-book; journal, diary, etc.). Waste-book, adversaria (plur.). Without book, ex memoria, memoriter. To get without book, ediscere, memoriae tradere, mandare, committere. To keep a book (of account), codicem accepti et expensi habere. A collection of books, librorum copia; bibliotheca. Knowledge of books, librorum notitia, usus. To mind his book, studiis incumbere. Trade in books, mercatura libraria. To get into anybody’s books (= become his debtor), Vid: DEBTOR. Not to be in anybody’s books (= not to be in favor with him), Vid: FAVOR. To call anybody to book (i. e., to make an accurate calculation), ad calculos aliquem vocare (Liv.).
book v.
aliquid in codicem, commentarios, libellum, etc., referre.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for book?
- The usual Latin words for “book” are volūmen, līber, libellus; also caudex, ephēmeris, commentārius. 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.