English → Latin
“guess-work” in Latin
coniciōto throw or bring together, unite, connect; to throw, drive, force, hurl something; to dispatch, assign, make gocontineōto hold, keep, connect, contain, maintain; to hold or keep together/close; connect, surround; to keep in, enclose, bound
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
guess-work
conjectura, or by circumlocution. Anything is mere guess-work, aliquid conjecturale est; aliquid conjeotura nititur or continetur; aliquid quaeritur per conjecturam.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for guess-work?
- The usual Latin words for “guess-work” are coniciō, contineō. 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.