English → Latin
“exact” in Latin
exigōto drive out; expel; to demand, require; enforce, exact (pay); to execute, complete a taskrequīrōto look after, seek or search for; seek to know, ask or inquire after; to ask for, request; to need or missmercēspay, wages, reward; revenue, income; chastisement, punishment, penaltypersequorto follow perseveringly, continue to follow; search through; pursue; to pursue, chase, hunt; to avenge, take vengeance udīligōto esteem, prize, love, have regard, to delight in (something); to set apart by choosing, to single (something) out, to attendōto pay attention, attend (to), direct the attention towards; to direct or turn towardrestringōto draw back tightly, bind back or fast, tighten; to unfasten, unclose, open; to restrain, confine, restrictipsehimself, herself, itself, the very, the actual; specific reference to the chief, the leader, the one, etc., used to distaccūrōto take care of, do something with care, attend or give attention todīligenterdiligently, carefully
The English word exact itself goes back to Latin exactus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
exact v.
exigere (the proper word, to exact promises, debts [nomina, etc.] , the performances of duties, wages [mercedem], etc.; exigere poenam, Ov., Sen.; gravia piacula ab aliquo, Liv.: mostly a te; also, ex te, Cic.; exigere poenam alicui, Ov., †): ☞ Sometimes a substantive after “exact” may be translated by ut with subjunctive: to exact an answer from you, exigere cogereque ut respondeas (Cic.): to exact your attention to what I say, hanc exigere operam, ut audias me (Cic.): persequi (to exact by legal measures; e.g., debts, ab aliquo): to exact (a tax, etc.) with great severity, (pecunias imperatas, etc.) acerbissime exigere: to exact punishment of anybody, poenas ab aliquo repetere, petere, expetere (Cic.), exigere (Ov.), sumere (Verg.), capere de aliquo (Liv.), in aliquem (Curt.), alicui irrogare (Quint.); poena aliquem afficere (Cic.).
Demand, require, Vid:
Extort, Vid.
exact
Accurate, Vid:
Careful, attentive, diligens: attentus: cautus ac diligens: curioeus in aliqua re: restrictus: attentus ad rem (exact and careful in money matters). To be exact in anything, diligentem, diligentem et attentum esse in re: diligenter, accurate versari in re (to act or proceed exactly, and with attention, in a single ease): diligentem esse alicujus rei (habitually exact in the conduct of anything).
Punctual, Vid:
Neither more nor less, ipse: at the exact moment of my departure, sub ipsa profectione.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for exact?
- The usual Latin words for “exact” are exigō, requīrō, mercēs; also persequor, dīligō, attendō. 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.