English → Latin
“delineate” in Latin
dēscrībōto copy off or transcribe something from the original, write down, write out; to describe in painting or writing, draw, speciēsseeing, view, look; spectacle, sight; external appearance, looks; general outline or shapeexpōnōto make conspicuous, to put something where everyone may see it: to expose, exhibit, display, set out; to set forth; to exprimōto squeeze out; to press (out); to express; to imitate or copy
The English word delineate itself goes back to Latin līnea, through dēlīneātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
delineate
PROP., To draw the outline of anything, describere (in all the meanings of the English word): alicujus rei primas lineas ducere (IMPROP., in Quintilian of the first sketch of a subject): primis lineis designare aliquid (Quint.; IMPROP., but both may be used PROP.): exprimere imaginem alicujus rei (especially in order to give an exact representation of anything): formam alicujus describere (to delineate the whole form): speciem or imaginem operis alicujus deformare (Vitrvius): delineare imaginem alicujus (post-classical, Plin.; to draw a sketch): exscribere imaginem alicujus (to copy): aliquem or aliquid depingere (to delineate or depict).
Draw; paint; Vid: to delineate the River Himera like a woman, both in form and dress, Himeram in muliebrem formam habitumque formare: to delineate the gods like men, deos in humani oris speciem assimilare (Tac.).
FIG., To give a lively representation of anything in words, dicendo effingere alicujus rei imaginem; exponere; exprimere (to make visible, as it were, by words, exprimere also with the addition of oratione): adumbrare aliquid or speciem et formam alicujus rei (to shadow out, and place anything in its proper light; of painters and orators): describere (to delineate characteristically, χαρακτηρἰζειν): deformare aliquem (is sometimes used in a bad sense; Vid: Cic., caelius, 2, init.): to delineate badly, male narrare rem. If there exists such a woman as I have just delineated, si qua mulier sit hujusmodi, qualem ego paullo ante descripsi (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for delineate?
- The usual Latin words for “delineate” are dēscrībō, speciēs, expōnō; also exprimō. 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.