English → Latin
“calculate” in Latin
computōto calculate, compute, reckon togethersupputōto prune, lop or trim; to reckon or computestēllaa star; (poetic) a constellation; a star shape, a figure of a star; a bright point on a precious stone
The English word calculate itself goes back to Latin calx, through calculātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
calculate v.
to reckon, computare, supputare (to sum up): alicujus rei rationem inire; ad calculos vocare aliquid: calculum ponere in re (to reckon over, take an account): computando efficere (to make out by calculating): to calculate expenses, or the cost, ad calculos vocare sumtus: to calculate an amount in the current coin of our own country, ad nostrae pecuniae rationem revocare aliquid: to calculate the course of the heavenly bodies, stellarum or siderum cursus et motus numeris persequi; cursus siderum dimetiri (measure and calculate): the loss can not be calculated, damnum majus est quam quod aestimari possit: to calculate every thing according to one’s own interest, omnia metiri emolumentis et commodis: to calculate with any one, rationem cum aliquo putare, instituere, conferre; rationem or calculum ponere cum aliquo (Plin., Panegyricus, 20, 5): to calculate every thing by pounds, shillings, and pence, omnia ad lucrum revocare: to learn to calculate, arithmetica discere: to calculate well, in arithmeticis satis exercitatum esse: to calculate by Olympiads, Olympiadum numero finire: the Gauls calculate time by days, and not by nights, Galli spatia omnis temporis non numero dierum, sed noctium finiunt (Caes., B.G., 6, 18): the Germans do not calculate time by days, as we do, hut by nights, Germani non dierum numerum, ut nos, sed noctium computant (Tac., Germania, 11, 2).
To calculate upon a thing, sperare fore ut, etc. I calculate upon your coming, spero fore ut venias. IMPROPR., (a) to weigh anything, calculum ponere in re (Plin., Epistulae, 1, 14, 9): to calculate or weigh all the difficulties or circumstances attending any matter, ponere calculos in utraque parte (Plin., Epistulae, 2, 19, 9): (b) to intend a certain effect, accommodare aliquid ad rem.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for calculate?
- The usual Latin words for “calculate” are computō, supputō, stēlla. 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.