What is the Latin word for genealogist?

The usual Latin words for “genealogist” are geneālogus, ēnārrō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“genealogist” in Latin

geneālogusgenealogist ēnārrōto explain in detail, to expound

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

genealogist

genealogus (general term Cic., N.D., 3, 17, 44): *qui in nobilium familiarum propaginibus cognoscendis elaborat; qui nobilium familiarum originem sic persequitur, ut ex eo clarorum virorum propagines possimus cognoscere (one who has made a study of genealogy, after Nep., Att., 18, 2): qui familias nobiles a stirpe ad hanc aetatem enarrat or enarravit (one who is writing or has written a genealogy, after Nep., l. c.).

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What is the Latin word for genealogist?: The usual Latin words for “genealogist” are geneālogus, ēnārrō. 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.