English → Latin
“periodical” in Latin
compōnōto arrange, compile, compose, make up, organize, order; to construct, build; to pacify, allay, settle, calm, appease, qucircumscrībōto draw a line around, enclose in a circle, circumscribe; to enclose, limit, bound, restrain, hem in; to abate, subsideetēsiaethe Etesian winds (N-W winds that blow annually in the Aegean Sea during the dog-days for forty days)vertōto turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve; to turn upside down, overturn, overthrow, ephēmerisa day-book, diary, ephemeris; a journal, periodical
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
periodical adj.
Recurring at intervals, certo tempore recurrens: periodical diseases, morbi accidentes et remittentes; morbi certo tempore recurrentes: periodical winds, etesiae (plur., of the winds that blew in the Mediterranean, etc., in the dog-days); verti, qui certo tempore in aliquo loco flare consueverunt or qui certo tempore ex aliqua caeli parte spirant (☞ Caes., B.G., 5, 7; Gell., 2, 2, extr.). Periodical writings or works, perhaps ephemerides.
Constructed in periods, compositus; circumscriptus: numerose et apte cadens: a periodical style, oratio structa, apta, vincta (opposed to oratio soluta or dissipata); verborum apta et quasi rotunda constructio; circumscriptus verborum ambitus (Cic.).
periodical s.
*ephemeris, *plagula ephemeridum, actorum diurnorum (daily): *libellus hebdomadalis (weekly): *libellus menstruus (monthly): libellus trimestris (quarterly).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for periodical?
- The usual Latin words for “periodical” are compōnō, circumscrībō, etēsiae; also vertō, ephēmeris. 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.