English → Latin
“prosody” in Latin
The English word prosody itself goes back to Latin prosōdia.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
prosody
versuum lex et modificatio (Sen., Ep. 8, 3): *prosodia (technical term): *doctrina, ars prosodica.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for prosody?
- The usual Latin words for “prosody” are prosōdia, doctrīna. 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.