English → Latin
“monastic” in Latin
mŏnastērĭālismonastic, monasterialgenetīvusof or related to the act of generation or birth: productive, creative, causal; native; belonging to a family or genscoenobītabrother, fellow monkmonachusmonkcoenobiummonastery, convent, cloistermonastēriummonastery; cell; area used by a monk.
The English word monastic itself goes back to Latin monasticus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
monastic
monasterialis (late). It may be expressed by the genetive; as coenobitarum, or monachorum (of monks), or coenobii, or monasterii (of a monastery).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for monastic?
- The usual Latin words for “monastic” are mŏnastērĭālis, genetīvus, coenobīta; also monachus, coenobium, monastērium. 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.