English → Latin
“historic, historical” in Latin
historicushistoricalcotīdiānusdaily, everyday, quotidian; ordinary, pedestrianrēsthing, object, stuff; matter, issue, subject, topic; affair, eventcommentāriusmemorandum, notebook; diary, journal; a briefannālisyearly, annual; year, agelitteraletter (of the alphabet); handwriting; letter, epistlehistoriaa history; an account; a story
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
historic, historical
historicus (opposed to oratorius, quotidianus, etc.; e.g., genus historicum; sermo historicus). But the word is to be used cautiously; the genitives historiae, rerum, will often help. Historical books, (not libri historici, but) litterarum monumenta: commentarii: annales: litterae. Historical accuracy, historiae or rerum fides (historica fides only in Ov., Am., 3, 12, 44). To describe a person’s character with historical accuracy, aliquem ad historiae fidem scribere (Cic.). An historical painter, *qui res gestas, or res ex annalibus depromptas pingit: to illustrate a subject by historical examples, *ex annalibus depromta referre de, etc.: to pass from mythological to historical times, ut jam a fabulis ad facta veniamus. Historical painting, *res gestas pingendi ars. An historical picture, pictura (or tabula picta) rerum gestarum (after Plin., 16, 33, 60, and 35, 4, 7). A dry narrator of historical facts, non exornator rerum sed tantummodo narrator (Cic.). “Historical studies;” Vid: phrases under HISTORY.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for historic, historical?
- The usual Latin words for “historic, historical” are historicus, cotīdiānus, rēs; also commentārius, annālis, littera. 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.