English → Latin
“expression” in Latin
vōxvoice; accent; speech, remark, expression, (turn of) phraseverbumword; proverb, saying; verbvocābulumword; designation, name, term; expression, vocableōrātiōspeech, discourse, language; the power of speech; manner or style of speakingargūtĭaeThat which is clear to the sensescastrēnsiscamp
The English word expression itself goes back to Latin premō, through expressiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
expression
The act of expressing, enunciatio (of a thought): the art of expression., ars enunciatrix.
Speech, word, etc., employed in expressing sentiments, vox: verbum: vocabulum (a word; SYN. in WORD): oratio (the compass of many words or expressions; a speech): a legal expression, vocabulum forense: a military (nautical) expression, vocabulum militare or castrense; vocabulum nauticum: lofty expressions, verba splendida: polished expressions, verba exculta: choice expressions, verba lecta, quaesita, or exquisita; dicendi lumina: studied expressions, verba apparata: unnatural expressions, far-fetched expressions, contortiones orationis: most suitable, most significant expressions, verba maxime cujusque rei propria: to use flattering expressions to anybody, honorifico erga aliquem sermone uti: I have no suitable expression for anything, verbis satis dicere non possum: that for which it is difficult to find an expression, res ad eloquendum difficilis.
Of the eyes, in painting, etc., argutiae (the free expression in the human face which shows the individual character of the person; also powerful expression in a picture): eyes in which there is expression, oculi arguti. Without any expression, languens, languidus (of style, etc.); iners (of the eye, in poetry).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for expression?
- The usual Latin words for “expression” are vōx, verbum, vocābulum; also ōrātiō, argūtĭae, castrēnsis. 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.