English → Latin
“music” in Latin
mūsicamusic (art form); woman musicianfidēsfaith; belief (belief without empirical evidence, direct experience, or observation); reliance (act of relying on or trucanōto sing, recite, play; to sound, play, blow (a trumpet), especially a military call; to foretell, predict, prophesy
The English word music itself goes back to Latin mūsica.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
music
As an art, ars musica (seldom simply musica, musicae, feminine): musica, musicerum, neuter; studium musicum; studium artis musicae. To study music, ad studium musicum se applicare; musicis or studio artis musicae se dedere: to learn music, *artem musicam discere; fidibus (canere) discere (on a stringed instrument): to understand music, fidibus scire (Terentianus); musicis eruditum esse (opposed to imperitum esse artis musicae; musica non callere): a teacher of music, qui artem musicam docet (theoretically); qui fidibus canere docet (practically, a music master).
Anything produced by the art, (a) a musical composition, modi musici; in connection, also, modi only. To compose music, modos facere; modos musicos componere (after Quint., 1, 12, 14): (b) the sound of musical instruments, cantus; concentus (of several).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for music?
- The usual Latin words for “music” are mūsica, fidēs, canō. 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.