English → Latin
“career” in Latin
curriculuma race; a racecourse; a racing chariotstadiumstade (distance of 125 paces); racecourse (athletics)circusa circular line or orbit; circle, ring; a racecourse or space where games are held, especially one that is round; the spcursusthe act of running; race; Course, way, passage, journey, voyage, march; Course, progress, direction, development, succesexiguusstrict, exact; paltry, inadequate, small, scanty, slight, little
The English word career itself goes back to Latin carrus, through carrāria.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
career
curriculum; stadium; circus; cursus. Nature has given us a short career of life, an immense career of glory, exiguum nobis vitae curriculum naturae circumscripsit, immensum gloriae, Cic.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for career?
- The usual Latin words for “career” are curriculum, stadium, circus; also cursus, exiguus. 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.