English → Latin
“eastern” in Latin
spectōto watch, observe, look at, consider; to examine, try, test; to aim, strive, or endeavour afteroriorto rise, get up; to appear, arise, become visible; to be born, come to exist, originatesōlusalone, sole, only, by oneself with no others around; solitary, uninhabitedparsa part, portion, piece, share; pars ... pars ..., some ... others ...; a party, fraction, sideregiōdirection, line; boundary line, boundary; region, district, provinceterradry land (as opposed to watery parts of the Earth); ground, floor (the surface of the land); earth, soil, dirt, clay, clāsiāticusAsiaticāsiānusAsian
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
eastern
ad orientem vergens, spectans (of situation or aspect); genitive, orientis: The eastern nations, orientis (solis) partes (Cic.), regiones, terrae, etc. (not terrae orientales); Asiatici, Asiani (of the inhabitants).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for eastern?
- The usual Latin words for “eastern” are spectō, orior, sōlus; also pars, regiō, terra. 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.