English → Latin
“consul” in Latin
cōnsulconsul: either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman republic, elected annually; a proconsul; the highest matimeōto fear, be afraid of, apprehend, be apprehensive of; to be afraid, to fear, to be apprehensivetertiusthirdcōnsulōto consult, seek counsel from, take counsel from; to deliberate; to reflect upon, deliberate over, think (something) ove
The English word consul itself goes back to Latin cōnsul.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
consul
consul (at Rome): One who has been consul, vir consularis: the consul of last year, qui proximo anno consulatum gerebat: who is consul for the second time, bis consul: for the third, fifth, etc., time, tertium, quintum consul: regarding the consul, consularis: he was unanimously elected consul, populi cunctis suffragiis consul factus or declaratus est.
Mercantile agent, procurator mercaturae. The Dutch consul at Livorno, *procurator mercaturae Batavorum in Italiae portu Liburno (Wyttenbach).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for consul?
- The usual Latin words for “consul” are cōnsul, timeō, tertius; also cōnsulō. 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.