English → Latin
“practice” in Latin
ūtorto use, make use of, employ; to enjoy, indulge in, take advantage of; to experience, undergo, encounterexercitātiōexercise, training, practice; disciplineprūdēnswise, prudent; skilful, knowledgeable (in a specific matter)arsart, skill, craft, handicraft; trade, occupation, employment; cunning, artifice, fraud, stratagemmāchinacontrivance; war machine, military engine, siege engine; scaffold
The English word practice itself goes back to Latin prācticus, through prācticāre.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
practice
usus: exercitatio: usus et consuetude. To grow so expert by practice that, in eam se consuetudinem adducere, ut (Caes., B.G., 4, 1): in practice, inter agendum; in agendo: plur., practices, i. e., arts, artes; machinae; callida consilia, plur.
As opposed to theory, usus rerum: usus et tractatio rerum: prudentia (skill). To have learned more by practice than by theory, minus in studio, quam in rebus et usu versatum esse: one must join theory and practice together, discas oportet, et quod didicisti agendo confirmes: the practice of a physician, medicinae usus et tractatio; of a barrister, causarum actio: to have an extensive practice, a multis consuli (of a physician); multas causas actitare (of a lawyer): to leave off practice, curandi finem facere (of a physician); causas agere desinere (of a lawyer).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for practice?
- The usual Latin words for “practice” are ūtor, exercitātiō, prūdēns; also ars, māchina. 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.