English → Latin
“news” in Latin
nūntiusa messenger, reporter, courier; an envoy, message, report; a command, order, injunctionfāmafame; rumour, talk, opinion, report; reputationacerbusharsh, bitter, unripe, sour, premature, not yet marriageable; sharp, severe, bitter (i.e., extremely painful); rough, viafferōto carry forth; to bring forth; conduct; to bring, bear, convey or carry information, report, announce, inform, publish,perferōto bear, carry or convey through to a place or to the end; bring home; to convey news, announce, state; to bear, support
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
news
nuncius (tidings): fama (report): Bad news, nuncius tristis, acerbus: to receive bad news, malum nuncium audire; tristis nuncius venit: good news, optatus nuncius: to bring good news, exoptatum nuncium afferre (Cic.); exoptabilem nuncium nunciare (Plaut.): to bring news, nuncium ferre (Liv.), afferre, perferre (Cic.), apportare (Terentianus); (of anything) nunciare alicui aliquid; perferre aliquid ad aliquem (Cic.); certiorem facere, docere, edocere aliquem de aliqua re (Caes.): to receive news, aliquid cognoscere, comperire, discere: is there any news? num quid novi? I have no news to tell you. Vid: in NEW.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for news?
- The usual Latin words for “news” are nūntius, fāma, acerbus; also afferō, perferō. 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.