English → Latin
“episode” in Latin
embŏlĭumsomething thrown inexcurrōto run out; to sally forth; to project, extenddīgrediorto go apart or asunder, separate, part; go away, depart; to depart, deviate, digressdīgressiōparting, separating; departing, departure; deviation; digression
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
episode
embolium (Cic., ad Quint., Fr., 3, 1, extr. in Greek characters; but Latin, Cic., Sext., 54): excursus, or digressus, or digressio (Vid: Plin., Ep., 5, 6, 43; Quint., 10, 1, 49); that you would separate this episode of my consulship from your continuous history, ut a continentibus scriptis, in quibus perpetuam rerum gestarum historiam complecteris, secernas hanc quasi fabulam rerum eventorumque meorum. To introduce anything as an episode in a speech, aliquid includere or inserere orationi suae.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for episode?
- The usual Latin words for “episode” are embŏlĭum, excurrō, dīgredior; also dīgressiō. 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.