English → Latin
“generation” in Latin
aetāsthe period of a life: lifetime, lifespan; time of life, period or stage of life, age; an undefined, relatively long perisaeculumrace, breed; generation, lifetime; the amount of time between an occurrence and the death of the final person who was al
The English word generation itself goes back to Latin genus, through generātiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
generation
hominum genus: aetas hominum: aetas (general term): saeculum (the age of a generation of men, by many fixed at 30...33 years; by the Etrurian and Roman custom, at 100 years): ☞ aevum, a natural term of life, is rather poetical. The present generation, hujus aetatis homines; qui nunc vivunt: sometimes hi only (e.g., horum luxuria; opposed to antiquorum diligentia, Varr., R.R., 1, 13, 6): to the present generation, usque ad hanc aetatem: to be living in the third generation, tertiam aetatem vivere: two good orators have scarcely existed in each generation, vix singulis aetatibus bini oratores laudabiles constitere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for generation?
- The usual Latin words for “generation” are aetās, saeculum. 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.