English → Latin
“director” in Latin
magistermaster, chief, head, superior, director, president, leader, commander, conductor; teacher, instructor, educator of childprī̆ncepsfirst, foremost; chief, distinguishedpraesessitting before (usually to guard or take care of something or someone), presider; protector, guard, guardian, defender; praeficiōto place in command, put in chargerēctorguide, leader; driver (of a horse, an elephant, a wagon, etc.); director, ruler, master, governormoderorto set a measure or bounds to; moderate, mitigate, allay, qualify.; to restrain; to manage, arrange, regulate, rule, guigubernātorHelmsman or pilot of a boat.; Leader or governor.
The English word director itself goes back to Latin regō, through dīrēctor.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
director
magister (one that takes care of and manages the interests of a company): princeps (one that is at the head): praeses (a president, one that fills the chair): praefectus (one set over): rector: moderator: gubernator (one that guides the helm, has the direction of the whole. ☞ Director is without any ancient warrant, and at the most ought to be applied only as a title, in order to distinguish it from rector): director of a company or society, magister societatis (e.g., of a trading company): of a choir of singers, chori canentium magister (Col., 12, 2, 4): to be a director [Vid: To DIRECT]: to take the place of a director, pro magistro esse.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for director?
- The usual Latin words for “director” are magister, prī̆nceps, praeses; also praeficiō, rēctor, moderor. 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.