English → Latin
“discriminate” in Latin
distinguōto distinguish; to separate, divide or part; to adorn or decorateinternōscōto distinguish between; to pick out or tell apart; to discernsēcernōto put apart, sunder, sever, separate, divide; to disjoin, part, dissociate, separate; to distinguish, discerndiscernōto separate, set apart, divide, part; to distinguish between, discern; to determine, settle
The English word discriminate itself goes back to Latin discernō, through discrīminātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
discriminate
Distinguish between; distinguish, distinguere (e.g., oratorum genera). (The words are found in this connection and order.) dijudicare et distinguere (e.g., similia ab incredibilibus): distinguere ac separare (e.g., ea crimina): distinguere atque dividere (Cic., Pis., 28, 69): internoscere: secernere. (The words are found in this connection and order.) secernere et internoscere: discernere. (The words are found in this connection and order.) discernere et dispicere. I should be glad to know how they may be discriminated, qua nota internoscantur, scire velim (Cic.). [Vid. DISCERN, for SYN. and the construction.]
Separate, Vid: ☞ Discriminare is used in the sense of separating by Varr., Cic., [once] and Livy; in the sense of distinguishing by Sen., ; discriminare, tempora vigiliarum somnique, Liv.; Cassia via Etruriam discriminat, Cic.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for discriminate?
- The usual Latin words for “discriminate” are distinguō, internōscō, sēcernō; also discernō. 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.