English → Latin
“formula, formule” in Latin
fōrmulashape, outline; form; beauty; pattern, mould; paradigmverbumword; proverb, saying; verbfōrmaform; figure, shape, appearance; fine form; beauty; outline, plan, designexempluma sample, example; a warning example, deterrent; torture, exemplary penalty, chastisementcarmensong, tune; a composition in verse, a poem; poetry, verse, song; poem, poetry (strictly any poem or poetry that can be spraefātiōpreface, prologue; appellation, title, honorific; preface (liturgical prayer)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
formula, formule
formula (a particular form laid down for a contract or an instrument, etc., according to which it has to be drawn, to avoid any ambiguity; Vid: Cic., Off., 3, 14, 60): verba, plur., (the words in which an oath is couched or framed; e.g., jurisjurandi verba or formula): forma: exemplum (the formula of anything). To draw a legal formula for anything; e.g., in a matter of bail, vadimonium concipere (Cic., Qu., Fr., 2, 15, 2): to draw up the formula of an oath, jusjurandum concipere (Tac., Hist., 4, 41, 1): to repeat the formula of an oath, jurisjurandi verba concipere (ib., c. 31, 3): a formula for prayers, verba sollemnia (i. e., the reading of them, nuncupatio verborum sollemnia, Vol. Max., 5, 10, 1); carmen or sollemne precationis carmen (Vid: Liv., 5, 41; 39, 15); praefatio (especially at sacrifices, Suet., Claud., 25, Bremi): to repeat the usual formula (of prayers), carmen praefari; verba (sollemnia) praeire: to anybody, alicui.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for formula, formule?
- The usual Latin words for “formula, formule” are fōrmula, verbum, fōrma; also exemplum, carmen, praefātiō. 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.