English → Latin
“list” in Latin
indexA pointer, indicator.; The index finger, forefinger.; An index, list, catalogue, table, summary, digest.numerusnumber; Roman military unit; collection, quantityfīnisend; limit, border, bound boundary, frontier; boundaries, bounds, frontiers; by extension, territory, region, landsterminusa boundary, limit, end; word, term, definition; due date, a time to convenecampusOpen flat level ground: a plain, a natural field; Any flat or level surface; a specific plain or field north of Rome’s wcurriculuma race; a racecourse; a racing chariotlimbusA border, edge; hem, fringe, tassel; limboreferōto bear, bring, drive, or carry back, off, or away; to give back, give up, return, restore, pay back, repay, render, pay
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
list s.
Roll, catalogue, index (☞ not catalogus, late): numeri (list of soldiers). To put one’s name on a list, alicujus nomen in indicem, in numeros, referre: to be upon a list, in indicem, in numeros, relatum esse; in numeris esse: to prepare lists of the soldiers, milites in numeros distribuere: to have a list of anything, aliquid descriptum habere: the civil list, *domestici sumtus principis: list of subscribers, *index eorum qui emtores se professi sint.
A border, bound, finis, terminus.
Inclosed ground for combats, etc., campus, curriculum, or hippodromus (race-ground).
A strip of cloth, limbus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for list?
- The usual Latin words for “list” are index, numerus, fīnis; also terminus, campus, curriculum. 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.