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“journeyman” in Latin
mercēnāriushired for pay; mercenaryoperāriuslabouring, workingoperawork, pains, exertion, effort, labour; service, rendering of a service; one's fault, agency, doingcondūcōto lead, bring or draw together; assemble, collect; to connect, join, unite; close up; coagulate; to hire, rent, employ,
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
journeyman
in diem se locans: mercenarius: operarius; plur., operae mercenariae, or simply operae. To hire journeymen, operas (mercenarias) conducere: he was a journeyman, ei opera, vita erat (Ter., Phorm., 2, 3, 16).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for journeyman?
- The usual Latin words for “journeyman” are mercēnārius, operārius, opera; also condūcō. 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.