English → Latin
“doer” in Latin
dēlinquōto fail in one's duty; to be wanting, lacking; to commit a fault, do something wrong; transgress, offend, errauctorseller, vendor; author, originator; sponsor, advocateflāgitiumdisgraceful or shameful action, deed, or crime; scandal; shame, disgrace, outragemāchinorto devise, invent; to plot evil, contrive
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
doer
auctor facinoris or delicti; from the context, auctor only. By circumlocution qui, quae facinus, or flagitium, or scelus commisit; qui, quae facinus in se admisit; ad quem, ad quam maleficium pertinet (the doer of a crime); also machinator or princeps atque architectus sceleris: beneficiorum auctor, or qui beneficia in aliquem confert, or contulit (a doer of good): princeps, princeps et architectus alicujus rei (the principal doer of anything): a great talker, but little doer, lingua promptiorquammanu: lingua fortis (Liv., 23, 45); in periculis timidus, sicubi metus absit, inflatus (timid in danger, bold when it is past; Justinus, 2, 10, 23).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for doer?
- The usual Latin words for “doer” are dēlinquō, auctor, flāgitium; also māchinor. 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.