What is the Latin word for editor?

The usual Latin words for “editor” are edō, Hēsychius. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“editor” in Latin

edōto eat Hēsychiusa male given name, Hesychius, from Ancient Greek, famously held by

The English word editor itself goes back to Latin ēdō, through ēditor.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

editor

*editor (to be retained as technical term). The editors of Hesychius, *qui Hesychium ediderunt; or *qui ad Hesychium edendum se contulerunt.

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What is the Latin word for editor?: The usual Latin words for “editor” are edō, Hēsychius. 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.