English → Latin
“dissertation” in Latin
disputātiōarguing, reasoning, discussing, debating; argument, debate, dispute; a disputationdissertātiōdissertation, discourse, disquisitionlīberfree, independent, unrestricted, unchecked, unrestrained, licentious; freeman, freewoman; open (not decided or settled)libellusthe inner bark of a tree used for writing tablets; a little book, booklet, pamphlet (esp. a book written in pages rathercommentātiōmeditation, studying; treatise, dissertationopusculuma minor work, (especially) of literature; as a modest description of a large literary work; an article (also in a period
The English word dissertation itself goes back to Latin disserō, through dissertātiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dissertation
disputatio: dissertatio (the disseration in the abstract, but never of the written or printed work; dissertatio post-classical): liber, libellus (the written or printed work). Sometimes commentatio (Plin.), opusculum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dissertation?
- The usual Latin words for “dissertation” are disputātiō, dissertātiō, līber; also libellus, commentātiō, opusculum. 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.