English → Latin
“current” in Latin
vulgōto broadcast; to publish; to divulge; to issue; to make known among the people; to make common; to prostitute; to make kūsitorto use habituallymōsway or manner (of behaving); behavior; conduct; custom; habit; practice; usage; wont; character; disposition; inclinatioterōto rub or triturate; to wear away or wear out, consume; to treadobsolētusold, worn out, thrown off; obsolete, out-of-date; common, ordinary, mean, lowcotīdiānusdaily, everyday, quotidian; ordinary, pedestrianbonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant; right; useful
The English word current itself goes back to Latin currō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
current
vulgaris: usitatus (usual): more or usu receptus: in usu or more positus (received as a custom, or generally received): tritus (that has been and is still in use): obsoletus (that has become common): quotidianus (occurring every day). (The words are found in this connection and order.) usitatus et quotidianus; vulgaris et obsoletus; communis et vulgaris: vulgaris communisque: bonus (good, of money; opposed to malus or adulterinus). To be current, in usu esse (usual): valere (that has currency; e.g., a coin); anything is current at a place, in aliquo loco versari (Vid: Cic., Manil., 7, 19): to become current, more or usu recipi (to become an adopted custom): a current opinion, opinio vulgaris or vulgi; sententia vulgaris; communis hominum opinio; opinio vulgata (with reference to anything); omnium opinio de re: the current opinion, that, etc., opinio vulgata, qua creditur, etc. (Vid: Liv., 40, 29): according to the current opinion, ad vulgi opinionem; ex vulgi opinione: to render a word current by frequent use, tractando facere usitatius verbum et tritius; verbum usu mollire: a current expression, verbum usitatum et tritum; verbum vulgare or vulgi [Vid: also, COMMON]: this is not a current expression, but a philosophical term, hoc non est vulgi verbum, sed philosophorum: a current saying, proverbium sermone tritum: to become current, in vulgus probari: to make current, probare (also of money, Tac., Germ., 5.) A thing passes current, aliquid sumitur, putatur, or habetur pro certo: alicui rei fides tribuitur: res fidem habet: aliquid in vulgus probatur. For current payment, praesenti pecunia.
The current year, annus vertens or hic annus: the current month, hic mensis.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for current?
- The usual Latin words for “current” are vulgō, ūsitor, mōs; also terō, obsolētus, cotīdiānus. 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.