English → Latin
“designer” in Latin
inventorcontriver, author, discoverer, inventorauctorseller, vendor; author, originator; sponsor, advocatearchitectusarchitect, master builder; designer, inventor, authordolusdeception, deceit, fraud, guile, treachery, trickery; evil intent; malice; wrongdoing (with a view to the consequences);pictorpainter; embroiderer
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
designer
Who has designed or planned anything, inventor (☞ repertor, poetical and post-classical): auctor: architectus: (The words are found in this connection and order.) architectus et princeps.
A former of plans, projects, etc., *qui consilia struit or mente agitat: *consiliorum architectus: *homo semper agens aliquid et moliens: doli or fallaciarum machinator (plotter, Tac., Ann., I, 10, 2).
One who draws designs, pictor (general term); or circumlocution with verbs, etc.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for designer?
- The usual Latin words for “designer” are inventor, auctor, architectus; also dolus, pictor. 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.