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“chronicles” in Latin
chronicusOf or pertaining to time.; chronicliberbook; the inner bark of a treefaveōto be favorable, to be well disposed or inclined towards, to favor, promote, befriend, countenance, protect; to favor; t
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
chronicles
chronica, plur., libri chronici: libri qui chronici appellantur (post-Augustan): annates libri: commentarii annorum, or annates only (year-books, in which the affairs, etc., of the state were recorded year by year): fasti (year-books or tables, on which the names of the consuls, dictators, etc., with their remarkable actions, victories, triumphs, etc, , were recorded, the year, month, and day being accurately set down). The chronicles of a town, commentarius rerum urbanarum (Caelius in Cic., Epp).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for chronicles?
- The usual Latin words for “chronicles” are chronicus, liber, faveō. 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.