English → Latin
“manuscript” in Latin
chīrographumone's handwriting; autograph; manuscriptautographuswritten with one's own handlibellusthe inner bark of a tree used for writing tablets; a little book, booklet, pamphlet (esp. a book written in pages ratherSymmachusA Roman cognomen — famously held bymanushand; bravery, valor; violence, fightingscrībōto writemeusmy, minetuusyour (singular), thy
The English word manuscript itself goes back to Latin manūscrīptus, through manūscrīptum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
manuscript s.
A book written with a view to publication, chirographum (Vid: Bremi, Suet., Tib., 6): idiographus liber (Gell., 9, 14): autographum (Symmachus, Ep., 3, 11), libellus.
Any written (not printed) work, *liber (manu) scriptus; *codex (manu) scriptus: ☞ manuscriptum is not Latin.
manuscript adj.
autographus (αὐτόγραφος, post- Augustan), or, in pure Latin, mea (tua, etc.) manu scriptus, autographus (written with one’s own hand).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for manuscript?
- The usual Latin words for “manuscript” are chīrographum, autographus, libellus; also Symmachus, manus, scrībō. 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.