English → Latin
“class” in Latin
classisany one of the five divisions into which Servius Tullius divided the Roman citizenry; the armed forces; fleetōrdōa methodical series, arrangement, or order; regular line, row, or series; a class, station, condition, rank; a group or genusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type, class; species (general classification, as of living things), taxon (of anicīviscitizen; a subject (i.e., a person subject to a ruler)discipulusstudent, pupil, disciple, schoolboy; cadet (student in a military school or state program)classicuspertaining to the fleet (naval forces); synonym of patricius: pertaining to the highest class of citizen; classic, repre
The English word class itself goes back to Latin classis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
class
classis (the proper word also in, a school): ordo (order, rank): genus (race, “genus;” e.g., of men, birds, etc.). Those of the lowest class, homines infimi ordinis or generis: of all classes of citizens, pupils, classes (not ordines) civium, discipulorum: men of the same class, ejusdem ordinis homines. One of the first class of citizens, classicus (Gell., 7, 13). To arrange scholars in classes, pueros in classes distribuere (Quint.). Philosophers of the lowest class, philosophi, qui mihi quintae classis videntur (Cic.). ☞ In Natural History, there are no “classes of animals,” but only genera animalium (Krebs). To be at the head of the class (at school), classem ducere (Quint., 1, 2, 23). By classes, generatim.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for class?
- The usual Latin words for “class” are classis, ōrdō, genus; also cīvis, discipulus, classicus. 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.