English → Latin
“lettered” in Latin
litterātuslearned, educated, scholarly, literate; cultured, eruditeīnscrībōto write in or upon something, inscribe; furnish with an inscription, give a title to a book; to ascribe, assign, attrib
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
lettered
Learned, litteratus; vid., also, “man of letters” in LETTERS.
Marked with letters; by circumlocution with inscribere; litteris incidere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for lettered?
- The usual Latin words for “lettered” are litterātus, īnscrībō. 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.