English → Latin
“correspondence” in Latin
conveniōto convene, assemble, gather, meet or come together; to accost, to call on; to sue, to let be summoned to courtcōnsentiōto agree, accord, harmonize; to unite upon; to plot or conspirecōnsēnsiōagreement, consent, harmony, unanimity; plot, conspiracyconcentussinging, a blending of voices in harmony; a choir; a concordant acclamation of the people
The English word correspondence itself goes back to Latin spondeō, through correspondentia.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
correspondence
Epistolary correspondence, epistolarum commercium: litterae remittendae atque accipiendae (epistolary intercourse): litterarum sermo (as the means by which absent friends converse): a brisk correspondence, litterarum crebritas: epistolarum frequentia: an uninterrupted correspondence, assiduitas litterarum: to carry on a correspondence with anybody, *epistolarum commercium habere cumaliquo: colloqui cum aliquo per litteras: our correspondence has been interrupted, *epistolarum commercium jacet: our correspondence has been dropped, litterae requiescunt.
Agreement, convenientia: consensus: consensio: concentus [congruentia, post-Augustan, and rare, Suet., Plin.].
Friendly intercourse :” to hold good correspondence with” (Bacon), concorditer or familiariter vivere cum aliquo; in gratia esse cum aliquo; or by bene inter nos (vos, eos, etc.) convenit.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for correspondence?
- The usual Latin words for “correspondence” are conveniō, cōnsentiō, cōnsēnsiō; also concentus. 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.