English → Latin
“page” in Latin
pāginaa pageant (usu. in a cycle of mystery plays, esp. as performed by guild of craftsmen)Ammiānusa masculine praenomen, famously held bypaedagōgīumA training school for pageboys; the pages' hall.; Pageboys in such an establishment.signōto mark, sign; to seal, stamp; to statue
The English word page itself goes back to Latin pāgina.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
page
One side of the leaf of a book, pagina (Cic.). To fill a page, paginam complere.
A boy in attendance: a royal or court page, puer ex aula (†): minister ex pueris regiis: puer regius: puer nobilis ex regia cohorte: puer nobilis custodiae corporis regis assuetus (Curt., 10, 5, 17): puer paedagogianus (Ammianus, 26, 6), plur., paedagogia (Plin., Sall., Suet.): the royal pages, pueri regii (Liv.); puerorum regiorum cohors, or only cohors regia: to be the king’s page, *pueri regii ministerio fungi: ad epulas regis assistere (at a banquet; Cic.).
page v.
(a book)(a book), paginae nota, or, plur., paginarum notis, signare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for page?
- The usual Latin words for “page” are pāgina, Ammiānus, paedagōgīum; also signō. 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.