English → Latin
“map” in Latin
tabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for writing; board or plank; map, painting, document or other item put onto rēgiuskingly, regal, royal (of or pertaining to a king); magnificent, splendid, distinguished (worthy of a king)Germāniathe lands of the Germani, tribes living around the Rhine River in the 1st century b.c.; the lands of the Germans, sometipīccapickaxe, pikedēpingōto depict, to paint, to portray, to represent by painting; to paint, to colourPropertiusA Roman family name — famously held by
The English word map itself goes back to Latin mappa.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
map s.
tabula (in connection, as Cic., ad Attic., 6, 2, 3; otherwise, perhaps, *tabula geographica): the map of a country, regio (e.g., Germaniae) in tabula or in membrana (parchment), or in charta (paper) picta, depicta (Vid: Propertius, 4, 3, 37; Suet., Dom., 10, 6): a map of the world, orbis terrae in tabula or in membrana depictus.
map v.
i. e., to draw a map or maps, terrarum situs pingere (Flor., § 3, praef.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for map?
- The usual Latin words for “map” are tabula, rēgius, Germānia; also pīcca, dēpingō, Propertius. 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.