English → Latin
“number” in Latin
numerōto count, enumerate; to pay, count out; to reckon, esteemexsequorto follow after thoroughly, steadfastly accompany, go after, seek after, pursue persistently; to follow or accompany to efficiōto make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose; to cause to occur, to bring about, computōto calculate, compute, reckon togethernumerusnumber; Roman military unit; collection, quantitylitteraletter (of the alphabet); handwriting; letter, epistlemagnusgreat, large, big; (of things) vast, extensive, spacious (of physical size or quantity); great, grand, mighty, noble, lomultitūdōA great number; multitude, numerousness.; A great number of people, crowd, mob, throng, multitude.cōpiasupply, abundance, copiousness, wealth, riches; plenty, fulness, multitude; opportunity, facilities (the means of doing frequēnscrowded, crammed, packed; filled with a multitude, filled, full, crowded, populous; frequent, repeated
The English word number itself goes back to Latin numerus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
number v.
numerare; numerum alicujus rei inire, exsequi, efficere; computare; enumerando percensere. SYN. in To COUNT, Vid.
number s.
A great number, multitude, numerus: a great number, magnus or grandis numerus: multitudo (multitude): copia (heap, abundance; of things): frequentia (many persons present): in great numbers, multi; frequentes: a small number, paucitas; exiguus numerus (of persons or things): infrequentia (few persons present; opposed to frequentia): a very small number, magna paucitas: in small numbers, pauci; infrequentes: a number of people, complures (several): a full number, numerus plenus: to make up a number, numerum efficere or conficere.
Numeral sign, littera; *nota numeri.
Proportion of times or syllables, numerus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for number?
- The usual Latin words for “number” are numerō, exsequor, efficiō; also computō, numerus, littera. 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.