English → Latin
“education” in Latin
ēducātiōthe act of breeding, rearing or bringing up; educationdisciplīnateaching, instruction, education; training; learning, knowledge, discipline, science, studyērudītiōThat which removes one from ignorance whether instruction, education or erudition, learning, knowledgedoctrīnateaching, instruction; learning, erudition; doctrine, theory
The English word education itself goes back to Latin ēdūcō, through ēducātiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
education
educatio: disciplina (training and instruction; either as received or given; Vid: Herz., Caes., B.G., 6, 14): eruditio (formation by education and instruction): doctrina (learned education): a delicate education, educatio mollis: a polished education, educationis deliciae (Tac., Germ., 20, 2): a finished education, eruditio institutioque in bonas artes, Aul. Gell.: a man of education, homo urbanus, vir humanitate politus (especially in respect of manners, etc.); homo eruditus (formed by education and instruction); homo doctus (of a learned education.): a man of good education, homo institutus liberaliter educatione doctrinaque puerili; homo bene doctus et educatus: without education, politioris humanitatis expers; humanitatis inops: of but little (mean, ordinary, etc.) education, humili cultu educatus: to give one’s children a good education, liberos bene educare: to send one’s son anywhere for education, filium educandum or in disciplinam mittere aliquo: to intrust one’s son to anybody for his education, puerum alicui in disciplinam or alicui educandum tradere: to come any where for education, aliquo in disciplinam venire or (of several) convenire: to have received a learned education, optimarum artium studiis eruditum esse: not to have received a sufficiently learned education, doctrina non satis excultum or non satis eruditum esse: to give anyone a poor education, humili cultu educare aliquem: a good education, liberaliter educare aliquem: a learned education, doctrina aliquem instruere; alicujus animum doctrina excolere: to receive a learned, scientific education, doctrina or litteris erudiri.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for education?
- The usual Latin words for “education” are ēducātiō, disciplīna, ērudītiō; also doctrīna. 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.