English → Latin
“register” in Latin
commentāriusmemorandum, notebook; diary, journal; a briefindexA pointer, indicator.; The index finger, forefinger.; An index, list, catalogue, table, summary, digest.cōnsignōto furnish with a seal, seal, sign; to attest, certify, vouch for; establish, make known; to write down, register, note,tueorto look or gaze at, behold, watch, view; to care for, guard, defend, protect, support, compensate or make up for; to uph
The English word register itself goes back to Latin gerō, through registrum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
register s.
commentarii (Inscript.): index (list; ☞ catalogus, late). An alphabetical register, aliquorum rerum in litteras digesta nomina: to set down in a register, *in indicem referre: *in acta publica referre (in an official register): aliquid (in tabulis) consignare; in tabulas or commentarios referre: register of deaths, annales funesti (Liv., 4, 20), or perhaps ratio Libitinae (cf., commentators ad Suet., Ner., 29).
register v.
PROP., in acta publica conferre (of a public registrar): in tabulas referre, consignare or in tabulis consignare: Figuratively, tueri: ab oblivione defendere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for register?
- The usual Latin words for “register” are commentārius, index, cōnsignō; also tueor. 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.