English → Latin
“calling” in Latin
studiumstudy; eagerness, zeal; desire, fancyimpetusan attack, an assault, a charge; a rapid motion; impulse, vehemence, ardor, passionofficiōto obstruct, hinder, block; to stand in the way of, oppose; to be detrimental or hurtful toofficiumduty, service, office; obligation, an obligatory service, visit, or gesture; kindness, favor, courtesyparsa part, portion, piece, share; pars ... pars ..., some ... others ...; a party, fraction, sidemūnusa service, office, employment; a burden, duty, obligation; a service, favorabhorreōto abhor, shudder at, recoil or shrink back from; to be averse or disinclined to; to be free from
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
calling
inclination: studium: (animi) impetus (instinct): I feel a calling, fert animus; est impetus: I feel no calling, etc, non est in animo, etc.: to feel no calling, abhorrere or alienum esse a re.
Sphere of anybody’s duty, office: officium: partes: munus (SYN. in OFFICE): to be attentive to the duties of one’s calling, officio suo fungi: officio suo satisfacere; implere officii sui partes: to neglect the duties of one’s calling, deserere officii sui partes: ab officio suo decedere or recedere: ministerium (honorable office): ars (profession): provincia (province or sphere of duty): status (the position or state in which anybody finds himself): conditio (the position or situation in which he is plated as a member of society. Conditio is lasting, and status transient).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for calling?
- The usual Latin words for “calling” are studium, impetus, officiō; also officium, pars, mūnus. 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.