English → Latin
“countersign” in Latin
subsignōto undersign; to subscribe or register; to pledge (by signing)tesseratessera; a die with six faces and pips, alike modern-day ones; watchwordsignumvisible indication: sign, mark, signal; seal, signet; emblem, ensign
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
countersign
*una subscribere, subnotare or subsignare.
countersign s.
Private signal given to soldiers on guard, and to those whom they are to admit; tessera (if a ticket): signum (general term). To give the countersign, tesseram or signum dare: to anybody, alicui.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for countersign?
- The usual Latin words for “countersign” are subsignō, tessera, signum. 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.