English → Latin
“intellectual” in Latin
animuslife, life force, soul, vitality (that life-giving aspect which animates a thing); conscience, intellect, mind, reason, cōgitātiōthinking, meditation, reflection; thought; reasoningmoveōto move, stir, set in motion; to disturb, shake, remove; to arouse, excite, promote, produce
The English word intellectual itself goes back to Latin intellegō, through intellectualis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
intellectual
by circumlocution with genitive, animi or cogitationis, etc. Intellectual activity, animi or cogitationis motus: mentis agitatio or motus. The intellectual faculties, hominis sollertia (☞ Cic., N.D., 2, 6, 18), animus ingeniumque; animus mensque.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for intellectual?
- The usual Latin words for “intellectual” are animus, cōgitātiō, moveō. 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.