English → Latin
“counter” in Latin
mēnsaa table; a table of food; meal, course, feast; an altar (sacrificial table)calculusdiminutive of calx; pebble, stone; reckoning, calculating, calculationadversorto stand opposite; to be against, resist, oppose; withstandrepugnōto fight against; to oppose; to resist or defend oneselfcontrāagainst; opposite to; contrary tolēxthe legal machinery of a state, the law; a law, statute, bill; the laws regarded as a body, the constitutioncōnsuētūdōThe act of habituating; state of being habituated or accustomed, habituation.; A custom, habit, use, usage, convention,
The English word counter itself goes back to Latin putō, through computātōrium.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
counter
Shop-table, *mensa tabernaria or mensa only.
An imitation of coin, calculus (a small stone, used by the ancients for computations).
counter adv.
To run counter to anything, adversari or repugnare (be opposed to it): aliquid negligere (legem, etc.): aliquid non servare (e.g., legem, consuetudinem): aliquid migrare (e.g., jus civile): contra or secus facere (act against a rule, command, etc.). To run counter to a direction, extra praescriptum egredi: to one’s own interests, repugnare utilitati suae: to run counter the one to the other, inter se contraria esse.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for counter?
- The usual Latin words for “counter” are mēnsa, calculus, adversor; also repugnō, contrā, lēx. 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.