English → Latin
“connoisseur” in Latin
carmensong, tune; a composition in verse, a poem; poetry, verse, song; poem, poetry (strictly any poem or poetry that can be scalleōto be callous or thickskinned; to be hardened or unfeeling; to be skillful or wise by experience (in), versed (in)cognōscōto learn, to get to know; to be acquainted (with someone), recognize, apprehend; to know, perceive, understand
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
connoisseur
homo elegans; spectator elegans (Ter., Eun., 3, 5, 18): intelligens existimator; homo ingeniosus atque intelligens: doctus aestimator (e.g., of poetry, carminum): doctus et intelligens existimator; homo doctus et prudens: to be a connoisseur in anything: aliquid intelligere, callere, cognitum or perceptum habere multum in aliqua re versatum esse: to be no connoisseur, alicujus rei ignarum or imperitum esse; in aliqua re peregrinum or hospitem esse: a connoisseur in the fine arts, intelligens or sciens or peritus artis (in context, especially in plur., without artis): artium judex or subtilis artium judex et callidus (judge of the fine arts, after Hor., Sat., 2, 3, 23): The judgement of a connoisseur, judicium intelligens; judicium eruditissimum: the eye of a connoisseur, eruditi oculi; acumen argutum judicis (Hor., A.P., 364): The ear of a connoisseur, aures eruditae or teretes: connoisseurs (also) ii, qui intelligunt; docti atque prudentes: one who is no connoisseur, (homo) rudis (Vid: Vell., 1, 13, 4: Mummius tam rudis fuit, ut etc., i. e., was so little of a connoisseur that, etc.); homo imperitus, ignarus, of anything, alicujus rei.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for connoisseur?
- The usual Latin words for “connoisseur” are carmen, calleō, cognōscō. 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.