English → Latin
“event” in Latin
faciōto do (particularly as a specific instance or occasion of doing); to make, construct, fashion, frame, build, erect; to mexeōto exit, depart, go forth, come forth; to avoid, evade; to escapeēventusevent, occurrence, reality; outcome, consequence, resultfīnisend; limit, border, bound boundary, frontier; boundaries, bounds, frontiers; by extension, territory, region, landscāsusa fall, downwards movement; accident, chance; an event, happening, occurrenceēveniōto happen, occur; to come forth; to happen to, befall (someone)
The English word event itself goes back to Latin ex, through ēventus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
event
res gesta: factum (deed): exitus: eventus (differ nearly as our “event” and “result,” Cic., Invent., 1, 28, 42; eventus est alicujus exitus negotii; in quo quaeri solet, quid ex quaque re evenerit, eveniat, eventurum sit; hence, also, exitus eventusque; eventus atque exitus): finis (the end): casus (an accident, accidental result, Tac., Hist., 1, 4, 1, casus eventusque rerum, qui plerumque fortuiti sunt). Disastrous events, res adversae, miserae; casus calamitosi, miseri: a tragical, shocking, etc., event, casus horribilis, tristis: an unexpected event, casus improvisus, inopinatus: varying events, rerum vicissitudines.
In the event of, Vid: “if.” At all events, certe; saltem.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for event?
- The usual Latin words for “event” are faciō, exeō, ēventus; also fīnis, cāsus, ēveniō. 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.