English → Latin
“parallel” in Latin
parallēlusparallel; concentriccontentiōstretching, tension; competition, rivalry; struggle, effortcomparātiōcomparison; comparative; relationship, relation between two or more things, arrangement
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
parallel adj.
parallelus (Plin.): a parallel line, linea parallelos (Vitr.), or, as technical term, linea parallela: to be or run parallel, paribus intervallis inter se distare (after Caes. B.G., 7, 23). A parallel passage, locus congruens verbis et sententiis (after Cic., Legg., 1, 10, 30).
parallel adv.
ordine parallelo: paribus intervallis.
parallel s.
(A comparison)(A comparison), contentio; comparatio: to draw a parallel, conferre aliquid; contentionem facere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for parallel?
- The usual Latin words for “parallel” are parallēlus, contentiō, comparātiō. 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.