English → Latin
“medley” in Latin
farrāgōa kind of hash, mixed fodder for animals; mixture, hodgepodgesartāgōfrying pan; mixture, medleyPersiusa Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held byargūmentumargument (as in an argument for a position); evidence, a proof; a point, a theme; a topic, thesismisceōto mix; to mingle; to intermingle; to unite; to combine; to share; to associate; of a disturbance of the natural order, permisceōto mix or mingle together thoroughly, commingle, intermingle, combine; to mix together, unite, join, combine; to throw iprōmiscuusnot separate or distinct, mixed; mutual, shared; indiscriminate, promiscuous; epicenemiscellusan inferior type of grape and the vine producing it; an inferior type of grape and the vine producing it; mixed; hybrid miscellāneusmixed; assorted; miscellaneous (combining various elements)
The English word medley itself goes back to Latin misculō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
medley s.
farrago (of things, Juv., 1, 86): sartago (of words; Persius, 1, 80): a litterary medley, libri varii, diversi generis, argumenti.
medley adj.
mistus or mixtus; commistus; permistus (Cic.), promiscuus (Liv.); miscellus (Gell.); miscellaneus (Apul.): a medley group, circulus promiscuus (after Tac., Ann., 12, 7).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for medley?
- The usual Latin words for “medley” are farrāgō, sartāgō, Persius; also argūmentum, misceō, permisceō. 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.