English → Latin
“discoverer” in Latin
inventorcontriver, author, discoverer, inventorauctorseller, vendor; author, originator; sponsor, advocateparēnsparent, mother, father; founder, ancestorarchitectusarchitect, master builder; designer, inventor, authorindexA pointer, indicator.; The index finger, forefinger.; An index, list, catalogue, table, summary, digest.frūxproduce, crop, fruit; supplies; fruit, result, successlyralyre, lute; the northern constellation Lyra
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
discoverer
inventor, feminine, inventrix: qui invenit aliquid (e.g., fruges, novam voluptatem: ☞ repertor is poetical and post-classical): auctor (first introducer, etc.): parens († e.g., lyrae, Hor.): architectus (one who constructs, devises, etc., anything). (The words are found in this connection and order.) architectus et princeps: architectus et machinator (the latter of something bad): index (of one who discloses a plot, etc.; informer). The discoverers of sculpture, fingendi conditores: a discoverer of new words, inventor novorum verborum. Vid: AUTHOR.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for discoverer?
- The usual Latin words for “discoverer” are inventor, auctor, parēns; also architectus, index, frūx. 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.