English → Latin
“daily” in Latin
cotīdiānusdaily, everyday, quotidian; ordinary, pedestriandiurnusof the day; dailycotīdiēDaily, every day.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
daily
quotidianus (happening every day, customary; but not necessarily taking up the whole day): diurnus (recurring every day, and having some reference to the whole day). Daily food, victus quotidianus (one’s usual daily food); cena quotidiana (one’s usual dinner; opposed to cena magnifica); victus diurnus; cibus diurnus (daily rations, the rations prepared for the whole day; e.g., of the slaves): to seek their daily bread, victum diurnum quaerere.
daily adv.
quotidie; in dies singulos (quotidie applies to things that are daily repeated; in singulos dies, to things that, from day to day, increase or decrease; Cic., Att., 5, 7. Quotidie, vel potius in singulos dies breviores litteras ad te mitto, Döderlein).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for daily?
- The usual Latin words for “daily” are cotīdiānus, diurnus, cotīdiē. 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.