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“group” in Latin
turmaa troop, squadron of cavalry, team; a troop, crowd, company, throng, band, bodysymplegmaa groupVelleiusof or pertaining to the gens Velleia.dispōnōto dispose, distribute or arrangefigūrōto form, fashion, shapedispositiōa regular disposition, arrangement; management, direction
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
group
turma (general term, as well of persons as figures, especially a group of equestrian statues, as Plin., 34, 8, 19, No. 6, §64; Cic., Att., 6, 1, 17; Velleius, 1, 11, 3): symplegma, atis (a group of figures; e.g., two combatants, etc., as Plin., 36, 5, 4, No. 6, § 24, and No. 10, § 35). Groups of persons speaking together, sermones inter se serentium circuli (Liv., 28, 25, p. in.): a group of mountains, Vid: CHAIN.
group v.
disponere: the grouping of the objects or figures in a picture, dispositio (Plin., 35, 10, 36, No. 10, § 80).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for group?
- The usual Latin words for “group” are turma, symplegma, Velleius; also dispōnō, figūrō, dispositiō. 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.