What is the Latin word for composer?

The usual Latin words for “composer” are scrīptor, auctor, cōnscrībō; also compōnō, compositor, disputō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

English → Latin

“composer” in Latin

scrīptorwriter, author; scribe auctorseller, vendor; author, originator; sponsor, advocate cōnscrībōto enroll or enlist, levy (write together in a list); to draw up, compose, write compōnōto arrange, compile, compose, make up, organize, order; to construct, build; to pacify, allay, settle, calm, appease, qu compositora maker, arranger, composer disputōto estimate or compute; to discuss, debate or argue; to preach minuōto make smaller, lessen, diminish, reduce, minimize; to attenuate, appease, suppress, repress, quell; to dismember, tear

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

composer

Author: scriptor. Or by circumlocution, qui librum scripsit, or conscripsit or composuit: auctor.

With regard to musical works: *modos musicos faciendi or componendi peritus.

Compositor, Vid:

Composer of disputes, etc., qui controversias componit, minuit, etc.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for composer?: The usual Latin words for “composer” are scrīptor, auctor, cōnscrībō; also compōnō, compositor, disputō. 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.