English → Latin
“express” in Latin
exprimōto squeeze out; to press (out); to express; to imitate or copyaperiōto uncover, make or lay bare, reveal, clear; to make visible, discover, show, reveal, lay open; to unclose, open, break perspicuustransparent, clear; evident, manifest, perspicuouscertuscertain; fixed, settled, firm; resolved, determineddēfīniōto bound, set bounds to; to limit; to define, explain, designate by limiting; to terminate, finishdisertusskilled in speaking, eloquentcōnscrībōto enroll or enlist, levy (write together in a list); to draw up, compose, writeopuswork, labor, accomplishment; workmanship, artwork, work (of art, literature, etc.); need, necessitymittōto send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge; to put out, extend, reach out (one's hand); to announce, telsignificōto show, express, signify, point out; to portend, prognosticate; to call, name
The English word express itself goes back to Latin premō, through exprimere.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
express adj.
expressus: apertus: perspicuus (clear): certus: definitus (fixed, definite): in these express words, his ipsis verbis; diserte (☞ not disertis verbis; which is not Latin); expresse (e.g., conscriptus): under the express condition that, that not etc., ea conditione ut, ne, etc.
express s.
tabellarius data, opera, missus :cursor data opera dimissus (Vid: Plin., Ep., 3, 17, 2; 7, 12, 6). To send an express, data opera mittere tabellarium.
express v.
To signify, declare, exprimere: significare (to signify, to indicate): verbis declarare, demonstrare, significare, verbis, or dicendo exprimere (to signify or indicate by words). To express fully or accurately by words, verbis consequi, exsequi; exprimere aliquid: to express a meaning, sententiam efferre verbis: to express one’s feelings, animi sensum exprimere (to give an accurate representation of them, Cic., Or., 55, 185; Suet., Oct., 86); sensa exprimere dicendo (Cic., De Or., 1, 8, 32): to express anything in good Latin, Latine dicere aliquid aptis verbis. To express one’s self, loqui, dicere (to speak); verbis uti (to use such and such words); scribere (to write); to express one’s self in Latin, Latina lingua loqui; Latine loqui, dicere, scribere: to be able to express one’s self well in Latin, Latine scire: to express one’s self correctly, apte dicere; aptis uti verbis: to express one’s self elegantly and in a polished manner, ornate politeque dicere: to express one’s self with spirit, luculente dicere, scribere: Plato frequently expresses himself thus, Plato saepe hanc orationem usurpat: on this point Metrodorus expresses himself still better, quod idem melioribus etiam verbis Metrodorus: well expressed, verbis apte comprehensus et conclusus.
To press out, exprimere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for express?
- The usual Latin words for “express” are exprimō, aperiō, perspicuus; also certus, dēfīniō, disertus. 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.