English → Latin
“print” in Latin
typustype, form, sort, kind; a coin die; When it is the specific epithet of a binomial name, indicates it is the type speciesexscrībōto write out or off, copy; to write or note down; to take after, resembleexcūdōto strike, beat, hammer out; to forge, mould; to compose (writing)excutiōto shake out, shake off, elicit, knock out, drive out, cast off, strike off; to throw from or off of a horse, chariot, ssignumvisible indication: sign, mark, signal; seal, signet; emblem, ensignnōtusfamiliar, customary, in common use; widely known, famous, well-known; of great renown, illustrious, celebrated, notorioufigūrashape, form, figure; shape; taunt, quip, jibeimāgōimage, imitation, likeness, statue, representation; ancestral image; ghost, apparitionlignumfirewood; wood tissue; treeaesmoney, pay, fee, fare; copper, bronze, brass; payment, debt
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
print v.
formis pingere (linen): *typis or litterarum formis describere or exscribere (a book: ☞ not librum imprimere or excudere, or typis exarare; not libri impressi or excussi): a book is being printed, *liber ab operis describitur; *liber prelum exercet or prelum subiit: a book is being printed in London, *liber Londinensibus typis exscribitur: to publish a correctly printed book, *librum emendate descriptum edere: to have a book printed, *librum prelo subjicere; *librum formis describendum curare: a book has been printed, *liber prelum reliquit.
print s.
Mark impressed, signum: nota (impressio, Apul.).
A picture, *figura, imago, ligno, aeri, incisa.
A printed paper, *tabula, charta, plagula, typis descripta.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for print?
- The usual Latin words for “print” are typus, exscrībō, excūdō; also excutiō, signum, nōtus. 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.