English → Latin
“feature” in Latin
ōsmouth; (in general) head or face; (in general) facial features, countenance, appearancevultusa facial expression, look, countenance; the front of the head, face; the face as involved in looking; the view, gazehabeōto have, hold; to own, have (possessions); to possess, have (qualities)faciōto do (particularly as a specific instance or occasion of doing); to make, construct, fashion, frame, build, erect; to m
The English word feature itself goes back to Latin faciō, through factūra.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
feature
lineamentum oris (a single feature in the face, while ductus oris, in Cic., De Fin., 5, 17, 47, denotes the peculiar features about the mouth of anybody, opposed to vultus, i. e., the features generally; the countenance). The features, os: vultus. (The words are found in this connection and order.) os vultusque; os et vultus: oris habitus (the formation of the face itself): lineamentorum qualitas (the peculiarity of anybody’s features): (The words are found in this connection and order.) habitus oris lineamentaque (Liv.); habitus ons et vultus (Cic.): oris et vultus ingenium (the general expression): facies (face in general; e.g., noble features, facies liberalis) the mother and her son resembled each other strongly in their features, lineamentorum qualitas matri ac filio similis.
IMPROPR., The features of anybody’s character, lineamentum animi (Cic., Fin., 3, 22, 75): to study the features of anybody’s character, *lineamenta ingenii alicujus colligere: that is a noble feature in his character, *in hac re, ut in speculo, cernitur ejus bonitas (after Cic., Fin., 2, 10, 32) :
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for feature?
- The usual Latin words for “feature” are ōs, vultus, habeō; also faciō. 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.